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Author's Notes: Ya know, I said I didn't leave you with a cliffie last time but...I read it over and...I kinda did! XD Sorry 'bout that! Awwwwwww...this chappie is so sad...but cute! Hehehe! -cries- Well...I think so...
Without further ado, here we go! (Sorry if there are typos! -.-")
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A Shaman Story
Chapter 4
Good-bye...
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Rei ran through the house as fast as she could to get to the entrance. She hoped she wasn't too late. "Ren...don't leave yet...I promised..." Ohhhhhh...he's going to hate me even more now...
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Ren was waiting next to a white horse. Everything was ready. Hmmph... 'I'll be there' my ass. He mounted his horse. I thought she was the punctual type...I know she is. She was probably just lying and joking when she said she'd come. Horo probably put stupid ideas in her head... "Huh? What's that sound...?" That's strange...I...I swore I heard something...well, whatever. "Bason! We're leaving." With that he signaled to his horse to start galloping.
"But...Bocchama...what of the girl?" Bason looked at his master with concern. "I thought you wanted to wait for her? Don't you think she'll be upset to see you've already gone?"
"She means nothing, just come on." 'I'll be there for you.' Her words crossed his mind time and time again. ...Bull shit. -Pat Pat Pat Pat...- He heard the noise again, it sounded like footsteps running.
"Ren!" He heard a voice shout out, but he just kept going. "God damnit Ren! If you don't stop that fucking horse--I'll get you for this!"
"Bocchama..."
Ren halted his horse and got off. "You're late." He said coldly. He looked up to see a panting Rei, who wasn't wearing any shoes. "Hmmph. Don't your feet hurt?"
"What do you think!?" Sparks of rage started to emerge from her. "You couldn't have waited an extra minute or two!?"
"I said noon." So, she did come...hmmmm...her feet have cuts on them from running so hard and fast...
"Well, I got caught up talking with Yoh. I'm soooooo sorry!" She replied back sarcastically. "All of the sudden it was noon. I'm lucky I even looked at the clock. I...I'm...sorry...Ren..." Her anger dispersed
and she looked to the ground. "I just...I would have felt horrible if I didn't keep my promise...I'm sorry..."
Don't be... "Well, thanks..." Ren tilted her chin so that she would look at him. "I...appreciate you coming..."
"Yeah...I guess this is...good-bye then...isn't it..." She tried to smile, but it just wouldn't come out.
"Yeah..." Is it...good-bye forever...? Ren mounted his horse again. "Good-bye...Rei..."
"Good-bye Ren..." She waved to him. "I hope that things work out between you and your father."
"Hmmm...thanks..." He turned around to wave back and saw that she had her back to him--she was shaking. "Well...I'm off..." Good-bye...I'll...I'll...no...nevermind... He ordered his horse to start galloping again.
-Clip Clop Clip Clop...-
Rei had turned her back from him for one reason--to hide her tears from him, the tears that were streaming down her face. She got oriented again and stated to walk back towards Yoh's house.
"Rei..."
"I don't want to talk about it Lu." Rei seemed to know what her spirit ally was about to ask. "I'm fine."
"Hmmmmmm..." Despite what Rei had said, Luna could tell that she wasn't fine.
Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes.
The lyrics from one of Rei's favorite songs started to run through her mind--they seemed to fit so perfectly.
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes.
When she got back, Yoh was waiting on the porch.
"Where did you go?" He asked suspiciously with a smirk.
"I had something to do at noon."
"Something you promised..." He paused. "...to Ren?"
"What? I-I...uhhhh..." She started to blush a light shade of pink.
"He's gone, huh?"
She nodded her head. "I promised him I'd be there when he left." She started to laugh. "My feet hurt so damn bad! Oh why didn't I put on shoes?"
"Hehe...don't ask me! Want some lunch?"
"Sure. Lunch sounds good."
They went in and ate some rice and fried chicken. It was delicious. Rei also made some of her special tea.
"Yum! I love rice!" Rei smiled contently.
"Yeah, and your tea rocks!"
"Thanks! Hehe...even Anna said it was good!"
"Well who wouldn't?"
"Don't know." She sipped her tea. "You know...I bet Ren just left 'cause he didn't want to write about cheese. Thank God I finished that!"
"Wha--Awww shit! I forgot!" Yoh got up and ran out the door.
"See ya Yoh!" Rei called out and she saw him wave back. "Hmmmmmmmmmm...maybe I'll go take a nap." She got up and put the dishes in the sink. For Ryu's "training"...hehe...Anna's so mean. Well, one less thing I've got to do... She went to her room and crawled into bed.
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-Knock Knock Knock-
"Who the hell are you!?" A little boy with his hair messily strewn into a tongari answered the door.
"Don't be so rude dear!" A woman yelled at the boy. "Hello, what is it? Is something wrong little one?"
"I...uhhhhh...ummmmmmm...I..." The little girl at the door tried to talk, but nothing really came out.
"Just spit it out!" The boy didn't seem to like her.
"Ren! Why don't you go train some more? Come on in dear."
"Whatever." The boy walked away.
"Thank you Miss." This place is huge!
"Come, what do you need?"
"Well..." The girl vented out her story. She had no home, no family, and no money. She said she was afraid that she was going to die, and that she hadn't eaten in months. Her name was...
"So, Rei, I'm so very sorry for you. Would you like to stay here for a while? My name is Ran. Please, make yourself at home."
"Thank you so much!" Rei hugged the older woman.
"So, how old are you?" She is so cute...
"I'm...four."
"Oh, the same age as Ren! How nice. You can stay in his room as well. Go on, go tell him!"
"Ohhh...alright..." Rei skipped along to the weight room. She walked in to see Ren on a weight bench.
"55, 56, 57, 58...59...60..." Ren went on counting as he lifted the weights. Up...down, Up...down...
Rei went to sit on a bench to wait until he finished. Ren looked over at her.
"Why are YOU still here?"
"You're mother said that I could stay." She said flatly. "Your name is Ren, is it not?"
"Yes. What's it to ya?" He resumed his weight lifting. 69, 70, 71...
"I'm Rei."
"Oh, isn't that nice." He said mockingly. Like I care.
You should care asshole. "Hmmphh.." Who the hell trains that hard when they're four years old?
"What the HELL are you staring at!?"
"You. What? I can't think?" She wrinkled her nose. "Why do you wear your hair like that?" Who wears a tongari anymore?
"Because I do." 81, 82, 83, 84, 85...
"Do you ever give out a straight answer?" She wasn't letting him get to her.
"Yes." There's your straight answer bitch. 91, 92, 93...
"Why are you so mean?" Let me guess...
"Because I am." She said it at the same time as him. He go REALLY mad. "Shut up!"
"You're too predictable." She smirked.
98, 99...100. He got up and grabbed a kwan-dao, beginning to slice it through the air. "I am not."
"You're going to do 100 of those slashes." She widened her smirk. "Predictable."
The word rang through his mind. "FINE! If you're so smart, let's see you fight! Then we'll see how predictable I am!" He pointed the kwan-dao in her direction.
"Alright." She grabbed a kwan-dao from the rack. "You're move."
How can she pick that up with such ease?!
"Unless of course...you give up already."
"What!?" She's mad! She puts on a poor and helpless stuttering act at the door and then comes in and starts criticizng me left and right! "You'll pay for what you've said!"
"Then let's see it, Mr. I know everything and I'm sooooooo cool doing it." She smirked again.
"Fine!" Don't blame me if you die! He lept up and took a charge at her, but she easily dodged it. She turned on him and counter attacked, but missed. He went full force on her, but she blocked each time.
"You're to full of rage to think straight." She smiled. "You're like an open book."
"SHUT UP!" He attacked again, only to be sent flying across the room. He crashed into a machine. He was panting heavily.
She walked over to him. He thought she was going to kill him--then and there. But, insead, all she did was put the weapon to his throat. "Check." She smiled even more.
"What? Are we fighting or playing chess?" He smirked even when he could be so close to death.
"Hmmph. Alright then, I win. How's that for you?" She put the kwan-dao over her shoulder and held out her hand to help him up. "You alright?"
"I'm fine!" He replied sharply. "And I don't need your help either!" He started to walk away.
"Hey...what's that mark on your back?" She asked him, as there was a huge tattoo on his bare back.
He clenched his fists. "It's nothing! Why don't you just go back home where you belong! Go and cry to your mommy!"
Jerk...
Ren felt something hit his back. It was heavy. He could feel warm blood begin to trickle down his shoulder blades. It dripped on the floor--drops of crimson red.
"What the hell was that--" He turned around to see that she was gone. "Little bitch." He went and showered and got dressed. Then he headed up to his room. He walked in and there she was, sitting on the window sill looking out the window--she was crying.
"What's your problem?" Ren was surprised to see her crying.
"Nothing. I'm fine." She responded coldly. Jerk...
"Why are you in here anyways?"
"You're mother said that I'd be sleeping in your room."
"What!?"
"Don't freak out at me! It wasn't my decision!"
"Fine. Whatever. So...why the hell did you throw a barbell at my neck!?"
"Sorry."
"Now you're the one not giving straight answers."
"I'm sorry...if it hurt. You just made me so mad!"
"At what!?"
"Your stupid 'mommy' comment."
"Why the hell should that bother you?"
"I...I don't have a mom...I...I never did. I don't have any family...or friends for that matter...I'm...I'm an...an orphan..." I'm...all alone...
"Ohh..." He sort of regretted what he had said now that he knew. "Well, I guess you can...take the bed...to sleep on..."
"No."
"Why not!?"
"I didn't come here to ruin your life. You either take the bed, or we share it."
Now he felt really guilty. "We can...share it...I guess..." He walked out of the room.
"Thank you...Ren..." She crawled into the bed and fell asleep.
When Ren got back, he was surprised to see her asleep already. "Little bitch." He looked down to see how peaceful she looked. He brown bangs covered her face. She was smiling. I guess she's not...so...bad... He pushed her bangs back from her face and crawled into the bed. He laid on his back. I wonder how long she's going to stay here...
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"Ren!" Rei woke up from her dream, she was shattered. It wasn't just a dream, it was a memory.
"Rei?" Luna looked at her with concern. "It's 2:00 AM. You slept through dinner. We thought you we sick, you had a fever and everything. Please, go back to sleep and get your rest."
"Yeah...alright..." She rolled over. I knew I'd met him before. I wouldn't forget that personality so easily. Hahhhhhh...but he's gone now...I can't even tell him...damn! And I'm not going to talk to Horo or Yoh about it, they wouldn't understand...well...whatever...maybe...I should go find him...no...he's busy enough...guess I'm just stuck here...for now...
She went back to slept for a couple of hours until she got a rude awakening around 4:00 AM.
"But Anna!"
"No buts Yoh! 500 sit ups--NOW!
"Ugggggggg..."
"And put these weights on!"
"They're heavier than before..."
"Yoh! Make it 600 sit ups!"
"Uhhhhhhhgggggggg..."
Wow...poor Yoh...I guess Anna is pretty harsh...better not make her that mad--not that I couldn't take anything she'd dish out, I just don't want to do it! Rei got up out of bed and headed for the kitchen.
"Rei!"
"What?!"
"Go wake up HoroHoro, that lazy bastard!"
"But why do I--" She stopped when she saw Anna giving her a death glare. "Yes Anna..." Great...why do I have to? She went to Horo's door and knocked, there wasn't an answer. "Damn it Horo! Wake up and get your lazy ass out of bed!" There still wasn't an answer. Damn it! She kicked the door flat out of the frame. Great...now I'm gonna have to fix that later! Uhhhgggg! Stupid Horo! She went over to his bed and pulled the blankets off of him. She bent down close to his ear. "Wake up you dipshit!" She yelled.
Horo flew up atleast two feet in the air. "What was that for!? And...where'd the door go?"
"It's not my fault you wouldn't get your lazy ass out of bed." Rei was still tired, so her speech was a bit slow. She headed for the kitchen again. She needed some tea, caffeine soothes the soul.
"Come on Yoh! Move it!" Anna didn't take 'no' for an answer.
Poor Yoh... Rei thought as she drank her tea.
"Man...does this mean I have to fix the door now?" Horo slugged into the kitchen looking like a zombie.
"Yup." Yeah...he can do it...hehehe!
"How did you get it off the frame anyways?"
"I power kicked it."
"Woah..." Now that's some serious power! Sexy!
"Hey...where's Ryu?" She looked around to see everyone awake but him.
"He's not here. He's probably out with his gang buddies, the Dead Enders." Horo answered back, looking longingly at her tea.
Ryu has a gang? Heh, I thought he was a total pussy. "You want some?" She noticed he was looking at her tea.
"Sure!"
She handed him a cup and poured him some tea.
"Wow, this is really good!"
"Thanks!"
"Ohhh Rei!" It was Anna.
"Y-yes Anna?" What now?!
"Go into town and buy me some things." She handed Rei a list. "Well?! Get going!"
"Yeah, sure..." Wow...she's scary when she's mad! Rei went out to get Anna her things. "Man! Anna sure needs a lot of crap! Uhgg!" She headed back to the house and put the things on the table in the kitchen.
"Well, that was fast, I might just keep you here after all." Anna smirked. "Alright now go and--"
"I'm going for a run." Rei didn't feel like doing any more of Anna's bidding. She left the house again.
"Hmmph. Fine! HoroHoro! Get in here!"
Rei ran and ran until she came to a bench. So, she sat down to relax for a bit. "Uhhhhhhh...now I know how Yoh feels!" She went to a vending machine nearby and she bought a water and she sat down again, while she chugged it down. "Ahhhhhh...much better..." She was going to get up and start running again, but she saw Yoh.
"Hey Rei! 'Sup?" Yoh slowed down and came to a stop.
"Hey Yoh! Want some water?" She handed him the water bottle.
"Yes! Thanks!" He gulped down the rest. Beads of sweat were running down his face.
"Anna sure works you hard, huh?"
"Hehe, yeah...but I know she means well. She trains me so hard because she really wants me to become Shaman King."
"Hehe. Yeah, I'm sure."
"Hey guys!" I was Manta riding up on his bike.
"'Sup Morty!" Yoh waved to his friend, as did Rei.
"What're you doing guys?"
"Sitting here, taking a break. I'm almost done running, let's head back." Yoh got up and started running again with Manta following behind on his bike.
"Hey! Wait up guys!" Rei got up and ran after them.
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Author's Notes: ZOMG! Evil Annas strike again!! Some past being revealed here...hoped you like it people! -big grin- 11 pager! -shifty eyes-
Ren: No one cares...
But...but...awwwwww you're right...
Hey, Guess how many times the word 'good-bye' is typed in here. (Answer will be in the next chappie) ...this one counts...
Disclaimer: I do not own Kelly Clarkson or Shaman King for that matter...if I did own SK I would have made a better ending! The current one sucks! -.-"
Rei: Aren't you forgetting something?
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