'REN! WHO'S COMING?' Horo finally shouted.
Ren looked at them blankly and a small but quite creepy smile crossed his lips.
'Destiny.'
The moment he said that, the phone downstairs rang. Then someone picked it up and Anna's voice was heard.
'Anna speaking. Who is it? ' she paused to hear the answer 'Jun? What's going on? You sound a little… Wait a second…' she then shouted at the top of her lungs 'TAO! COME DOWN! YOUR SISTER'S ON THE PHONE!'
Ren reacted as if there was a fire in the house. He ran pass Yoh and the two siblings and almost knocked them down. He was in front of the phone in what seemed to be less than a second and grabbed the receiver.
'Jun? ...I know… Yes… It's glowing… I'm not sure about that but… Yes, she'll be here soon… Yeah.' Ren gave the receiver back to Anna 'She wants to speak with you.'
'Why didn't she do it before?' the blond murmured but took it from him. They talked a minute or so then Anna hung up and looked at the others, who were already standing beside Ren and waiting.
'Jun'll come as soon as she can.' The Itako said calmly 'So Yoh and Horo better start cooking for lunch. Pirika – dress and help them. Ren comes with me – we need to have a little chat.'
'… And they're still inside. Talking.' Horo finished miserably. His sister nodded slightly and continued to kill the onion on the chopping board.
'Who is this Destiny I wonder. Ren has never mentioned her before…' Yoh said while trying to handle a smoking saucepan.
'Come to think of it Ren hardly ever talks about his past.' Pirika murmured.
'And that lock… This is way too creepy. It makes me hungry…' Horo added and ran to the fridge.
Yoh and Pirika shook their heads condescendingly.
'He'll never change…' the Asakura said. For less than a minute the other boy was done eating and half of the fridge was empty.
'Done. What were we talking about?' he asked with an innocent smile.
Suddenly the door to Anna's room opened and Ren stormed out of there with a determined expression on his face. He didn't look very happy and neither did Anna.
'I need you to tell me! Ren, come back here!' she called after him.
He simply ignored her and went straight to the front door and opened it widely. There stood a girl, her hand raised and ready for knocking.
'Hello Jun.' he greeted calmly as if he knew she had been standing there.
'Jun?' Yoh blinked. He could hardy recognize her. And it seemed the others had the same problem. Her hair was suddenly all white and wavy, almost reaching her waist. Her eyes were a bit bigger than usual and a deep shade of green. Her skin was much paler than normal and her lips were crimson.
'Do you think En knows?' Jun immediately asked as she walked inside with a very stressed look on her face. Her brother sighed, then took her to the living-room. The others exchanged glances and followed silently.
'I'm quite sure.' Ren ran his fingers through his hair 'But I really don't know why this is happening. I mean… The curse was quite powerful.'
'But we got stronger too, didn't we? And… We don't how she's doing. May be she found a way to remove the curse…' Jun reminded him.
'I still can't believe I found out so late. I mean – I grew up so suddenly. That's not right. So not right!' he shook his head and sighed. 'The family won't be too happy.'
'You know perfectly well the Tao clan isn't our biggest problem. There are other people…' Jun murmured consciously emphasizing on the phrase "other people".
'We can defend ourselves.' Ren frowned at her.
'Yes, we can. But what about your friends?' for the first time she looked at the others who were silently standing nearby and trying to figure out what was going on.
'We'll figure something out. And from now on we have to be careful.'
'You say this now but you know what'll happen when she comes.'
For a moment it seemed as if his eyes flashed red but a second later it was gone.
'I'm not like this anymore.'
'We'll see.'
'Hello? Is there any chance for us to find out what's going on in here?' Anna finally interrupted.
'Yeah! And what's with the glowing pendant and this appearance of yours?' Horo added and folded his arms.
'It's a long story.' Jun said softly 'Longer than you can imagine.'
Well, nothing really happens in this chapter but I don't have time right now.
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