Disclaimer: Don't own the anime and the characters and I don't plan on gaining profit through this… I made this just for entertainment… mine and yours…

To all who thinks that this is another Manxman fic: I don't like the thought of a homosexual fic… I think I can't make Ren nor Horohoro more feminine… that's why this is purely a RenxPiri. I swear this is RenxPiri.

So without further ado…

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Chapter 4

Pirika sa looking out of the window of her room. The majestic landscape of China was giving her the warmest greeting.

But it wasn't the breathtaking scene that keeps her eyes staring blankly out of the window…

No… because she was reminiscing…

About what happened in the laundry room… her encounters with Ren.

I know I've been rude. From the trip to China up until now I haven't shown any good behavior. But still… it's Ren's fault…he's so disgusting. Falling in love with my brother like that… dreaming of him like that…it's just ridiculous. I'm an Ainu too… why can't he like me? I mean a man and a man is just… unimaginable.

Pirika looked at the window again, seeing her reflection in the window's glass…

"I think I should say sorry. It's the right thing to do? He may be a gay but still a human… and even he doesn't deserve the treatment I've been giving him." She decided.

And so she left the room to go search for the Tao and try her best to apologize for being such a jerk.

U.U

Pirika walked around the lands of the Tao after searching inside the whole mansion and not seeing him there.

She wandered the lands outside hoping that she would find him there.

She then passed by a forest.

It was beautiful just like any other part in China. It's really beautiful.

The lush green grasses were brushing her boots as she walks. The wide branches of the huge trees were giving her the shade against the scorching sun.

"It's truly… magnificent." Pirika said though she knows that it doesn't give justice to the view she was seeing.

She then strolled around shouting Ren's name here and there.

Her defenses were all down because of site-seeing… a very big mistake if you ask me.

Her footsteps came to a halt when she heard something… it was the grasses…

She turned to it looking alert.

"Ren?" Pirika muttered.

Suddenly something jumped from the bushes as Pirika jumped back and ended up sitting on the ground.

Her eyes were very wide being stunned by the creature in front of him…

It was a huge tiger. His eyes were frightening and his fangs were huge. The tiger's claws were as sharp as knives and he seems to be ready for an attack.

"Nice… kitty." Pirika muttered, her mind doesn't have any room for laughing at her dull statement.

Pirika tried to stand up but as soon as she was on her feet the tiger growled again.

Pirika jumped back even more.

"What am I going to do?" Pirika thought.

The tiger then charged forward. Good thing her oniichan's lessons paid off… she dodged it.

But still the tiger got her head a bit giving her a nasty wound.

"Ouch." She said touching her head and seeing blood in her hands.

She was now worried… this is it… she's dead. It's almost impossible to escape this.

Just then the tiger charged once again.

Pirika's fee gave it up and once more she sat on the ground, her hands covered her face and she was screaming on top of her lungs.

A few minutes later… it suddenly grew calm… all she can hear now is the soft rustle of the leaves.

Pirika started to move her hands away from her face and opened her eyes.

"REN!" She shouted.

Ren was there holding his kwan dao and doing his best in protecting Pirika form the vicious tiger.

The tiger's mouth was gnawing on the weapon as Ren tries his best to fight it back.

"Why? How?" Pirika muttered her brain malfunctioning again.

Ren didn't answer he just pushed the tiger back.

The tiger landed on his feet and tried to charge Ren, his mouth open wide… as if he plans on devouring him whole.

Ren was ready for this… he didn't become a Shaman just to be beaten by a stupid stray tiger in the forest.

Ren slashed the tiger in half with the blade of his kwan dao.

Pirika was amazed, so amazed that she didn't notice her mouth opening wide.

Ren then turned to her and offered her right hand to help her up.

Pirika on the other hand snapped and looked at Ren's hand.

Then she looked up at Ren.

She looked at the hand again and took it. She then felt Ren's strength pulling her up.

She stood up still not saying a word after that.

Ren then inhaled.

"BAKA!" he scolded, "What are you doing here outside the mansion? You don't know what lies in here. For all we know there might be even more dangerous creatures lurking around here and they would all like you for their lunch. You're really careless… what if you got killed? Now I know that you're really his sister… you're both stupid!" Ren shouted.

Pirika was just silent.

Ren's anger finally subsided after that. He then breathes heavily.

"Are you hurt?" Ren asked extending his hand towards the wound.

His fingers barely touched the wound when Pirika shook her head away.

"No!" she whined.

Ren examined his fingers… seeing some spot of blood.

"What do you mean no? What if that's dangerous? You're really careless. We should treat that wound at once or… or call your brother. He must know this. Horohoro would be so worried."

Pirika frowned at the name of his brother.

GREAT! She thought now he'll call my brother. I'm sure I'd be sent home after this incident!

Pirika looked at Ren, her eyes burning in rage again.

"I was here because I was looking for you. I'm supposed to say sorry or something like that but now… but now… I know that you don't really like me here and what you would really want to see is my brother. You want to be alone with him and have him all for yourself. You're disgusting! But… but… I would not go. I don't want to. Because I'll never let you two be alone. I'll make sure that you're plan in getting my brother won't succeed. I know I'm like a broken record saying this again and again and again…. But I still stand to what I protested… I will not let my brother fall into your hands… Ren Tao." She shouted.

And just like what she always did… she turned around and started to run away.

Ren just looked at his bloody fingers… the girl's blood flowing in his callous-rough fingers.

Just then there was a light thug.

Ren looked at Pirika and saw that she was lying on the ground.

Ren ran to her and kneeled as he lays his weapon down beside her.

Ren took off his shirt and applied pressure to the girl's wound to stop its bleeding. Bason appeared beside his master, looking at the girl too.

"Bason prepare the first aid kit. We need to clean her wounds at once. You go ahead." Ren ordered as he carried the girl's limp body on his hands.

Bason vanished at once as Ren started to walk.

He was staring at the girl's angelic face as he strolls.

She was really beautiful when her mouth is shut.

He smirked, she's really pretty.

"You got it all wrong Pirika… I said I only dreamed of doing that with Horohoro… but I never said that I actually like him. Baka… I'm not a gay."

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So that's the end of this chapter… hope you like it…

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ARIGATOU!