OK, guys. This is chapter two of part two of my SF saga.
And I'm barely passing 8th grade, so wish me luck on my schoolwork so that I can pass and move to high school!
BTW, I'm thinking of just using quotes for this one, so if you like the idea, I'll keep it. If not, then I'll drop it.
Enjoy!
Recap:
"NOW what are ya gettin' at?" He smiled a bit more.
"That you like Ren-kun." Her blush now more noticeable. "Looks like I was right once again."
"You need to fight more seriously! Even if it's Lyserg and Diana that you're facing tomorrow, you can't slack off! This is the Shaman Fight! And you need to defeat any opponent in your way of being Shaman King!" She ranted.
"Ren-kun seems to be acting strange lately." Manta told the other three.
"Strange how?" Horo Horo asked.
"More worried about something." Manta continued. "Especially after the announcement of their first fight."
Elen's choker she got from Hao.....
That's what struck him the most about Elen.
"Spirit of Fire!" He called. The collar around Elen's neck started to glow a vibrant red. Much to everyone's surprise.
Yoh had the feeling that Elen was more than just a comrade to Hao.
'Is she also his medium?' He thought.
"I plan on making her my own Shaman Queen. Whether either one of us wins this tournament or not."
Disclaimer: I don't own the title, "Shaman King," nor am I with any manga/anime companies in anyway. Though I do own a couple characters, so I DO own them. All characters I didn't make go to their respected owner, Takei Hiroyki-sensei.
"Elen? Is that you?"
"Yes, Father David. It's been a while, hasn't it?" Elen calmly and politely replied.
Elen had arrived at a small church, about a mile down the street. She came upon her old friend, Father David, who was the caretaker of the church. Which she tried to keep secret from Diana.
"Over a year, actually."
"Almost two."
"Yes." Father David noticed the thin, polite smile on Elen's lips, causing him to smile even more. "That's the first smile I've seen from you in five years." He said. Her smile widened just a bit.
"Yes. It is." She told him.
"Perhaps it's because of your demon mothers arrest?"
"Well that is one."
"Or perhaps....." Father David's smile turned a bit mischievous. "you found someone to love even more than your sister?"
Her face turned a bit red.
"And how did you come up with that insane logic?" She asked in the most polite way possible.
"Well when I last saw you smile, it was more of a forced smile. This one is more true and genuine, and has a hint of a pure emotion I haven't seen on your face before." Her face got a bit more red.
"Jeeze! What is with people lately?!" She asked more to herself. "I'm not in love with him!"
"So there IS someone?" He asked. She turned her head away.
"Well there is ONE boy everyone's been teasing me about. But seriously! He's just a friend to me."
"'Everyone'? You mean you've made friends other than me?" He asked. Her face finally returning to normal.
"Well I have made a few more friends." She told him. "But I don't hang around them as much as my sister does."
"Well I'm just happy to know that you're doing better. Did you want to go pray again?" Elen nodded curtly, and Father David made no arguments. He opened the doors, and Elen walked inside. "But it does look like you're in love." Elen just barely heard that, and just walked. Blushing slightly again at the statement.
The inside of the church wasn't much. Ten pews on either side of a crimson carpeted aisle. Big enough for three people to sit on each bench. The walls and the floor were stone, and painted white. The windows were colorful, with mosaics of Jesus and the Virgin Mary with-in them. The alter didn't have much. A few cut flowers, a podium, a big Celtic Cross hanging on the wall, a modest-sized organ, and some candles waiting to be lit.
About half-way down, Elen heard the doors shut, and concluded that Father David trusted her enough to be alone for a while. Elen made her way up the short steps of the alter, and was surprised at what she saw.
"Jeanne-san? What are you doin' here?" She asked with a bit less politeness as when she was with Father David.
Jeanne was kneeling in front of the Celtic Cross, hands clasped. But she broke her concentration when Elen called to her.
"Oh, Elen. I didn't expect to meet you here." She told her. Jeanne stood, and turned to her.
"I came here on occasions when I was living in this town." Elen told her. "I'm friends with Father David."
"Oh, I met him. He seems lovely." She flashed an angelic smile, and Elen gave her a soft smile in return.
"So what were ya prayin' for, if you don't mind me askin'." The smile on Jeanne's face lost, her head slightly downward.
"To ask God to protect Lyserg."
"So right now we're in the same boat, huh?" Jeanne's head snapped into place. "I mean with wanting that team to win, or at least be safe tomorrow." Elen walked over to Jeanne's side, and knelled before the Cross as well. "Truth be told, I'm not all that religious. Never thought of convertin'. I come here to reassure myself and collect my thoughts."
"That seems like a worthy cause." Jeanne told her. Elen smiled a bit more.
"And ya don't have to be ashamed of what ya pray ta God. He won't judge anyone on what'cha pray for, and neither will anyone else for that matter. It just means that you have a really good relationship with Lyserg-san. So are ya done? If not, why don't we pray together?"
Jeanne nodded, and started praying with her new-found friend, unaware of gentle eyes watching the pair fondly.
'I'm really happy that you've opened up, Elen. And with what you've been through, people might mistake you for a saint sent from God Almighty.'
At the boarding house:
Manta, Tamao, Horo Horo and Ryu sat at the eating table. After about ten minutes of spying on Ren, they had heard something very interesting to them.
"I wonder what that was all about.'' Manta pondered.
"Who knows?" Horo Horo took a sip of his drink.
"Maybe we should just ask Ren directly?" Tamao suggested.
"But what if we accidentally tell him that we were spying on him?" Ryu asked.
"That's true, Ryu-san." Manta agreed.
They sat there.
And sat.
In silence.
Until they heard someone running down stairs, and turned into the eating room.
The four looked at the entrance, and saw a pissed off Ren, huffing from the run.
"W-what's wong, Ren?" Horo Horo asked nervously.
"My room's a mess, and I can only think of one person who could've done something like that." Ren pointed his kwon-do to the Ainu.
"W-wait! Why do you automatically accuse me?!" Horo Horo asked.
"The others don't have the guts. And even if they did they would put everything back the way they found it." His hair growing considerably.
"Horo Horo-kun?! You went into Ren-kun's room and snooped around?!" Manta yelled.
"Well I was just as worried as you guys were!" Horo Horo shut his trap.
"CHUUKA ZANMAI! CHUUKA ZANMAI! CHUUKA ZANMAI!......." (It continues like this.) Horo Horo trying to dodge every thing, while trying to explain without success.
That's about when Diana came in.
With two emotions evident on her face.
Anger and annoyance.
"NOW what the Hell're they fightin' about?!" She asked harshly.
"If you knew, Diana-chan, you would kill them." Ryu said.
"LIKE HELL I WOULD!" She stepped in front of Ren, and skillfully pulled out his kwon-do from Ren's hand, and stomped it two times on the floor to get their full attention. "NOW WHAT THE HELL'S GOIN' ON HERE! HORO HORO-SAN?! REN-KUN?!"
(Confused? Don't be.)
Six minutes ago:
Ryu, Horo Horo, Tamao and Manta were watching Ren.
So far, he's only gotten milk, and walked up the stairs as casually as he would've any other day.
Though his steps seemed a bit off.
Just so happens that Diana and Lyserg were done with their meeting, and walking out of Diana's room smiling, saying that they were ready.
"Just make sure that you're not too over confident." Lyserg reminded.
"Don't worry, Lyserg-san! I got this!" Diana giggled a bit, and Lyserg returned it before heading towards his own respective room.
'She hasn't called anyone by their names without 'San' after it except for Hao or her sisters.' Was running through the Tao's mind at the time.
After waving good-bye to her partner, Diana turned to go downstairs, but accidentally crashed into someone. She quickly stepped back.
"Sorry. I wasn't lookin' forward." Diana spouted out.
"It's OK." Ren said. Her face turned the slightest bit red.
"Oh, Ren-san. I didn't know you were here." She said, kind of embarrassed at the sudden encounter.
Meanwhile, the four were hiding behind a corner, away from the pair, but close enough to hear what they were saying.
"I actually didn't expect to see you come out of your room just now." He replied. He was searching frantically for something to talk about instead of being in this uncomfortable silence. Then he said, out of the blue, "Why don't you call anyone something besides 'san'?" He asked. A surprised look on her face.
"W-well." She started. "I don't really feel completely close to anyone right now, so, yeah." She told him. Ren started to blush a bit, looking into those green eyes.
"Well." He coughed a bit. "If you want, you could call me something other than 'Ren-san.' Like 'Ren-kun' or just 'Ren.'" He told her. The heir was baffled at what he just said. Diana blushed a bit harder, and tried desperately to keep her heart rate down with futile attempts.
"O-OK, Ren-sa......" She caught herself. "Ren-kun." It sounded nice to her.
"Hey guys, I'm going to get something from my room." Horo Horo whispered. But they were a bit too busy waiting to see if there would be any more development. When there wasn't, the Ainu left, and the rest went downstairs. Ren walked down the hall, past his room, and went to the balcony to drink his milk. Diana went downstairs, and turned to go see Faust and ask him something. And Horo Horo meanwhile was sifting through Ren's things.
And here we go!
Interesting, right? I hope so.
Anyway..............
Please read, review, send ideas and send to friends.
CYA NEXT TIME!
Edit:
I forgot to mention:
With things goin' on with the couples in this story, I DO wanna have Pirika fall in love. (Is an avid RenPiri fan.) So I wanna hear from you who her ideal guy is. (All I want is his first name and personality. But loving nature is a required trait. And please make him be Sara's bro.)
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So good luck, and I'll hear from ya'll soon! Bye!
