Okay small chapter, lots of Ren moments, you get to see his true self. The next chapter might not be posted for a while cause I have a huge writers block on chapter nine. I know what's going to happen, but I don't know how to word it. This is now half way finished, there are only 15 chapters. Please review, it might help with postage. I do not own shaman king. Enjoy.

To love the assassin.

Chappy 7- Do not evolve yourself-

Horo awoke early, he stretched, his hand falling onto the breathing lump beside him. Horo smiled as he turned to look at the lump, Ren lay beside him, breathing silently, to Horo he looked like a sleeping child, innocent and untainted by the world, when in reality he was far from innocent and almost completely tainted, but Horo had seen past this and had fallen in love, needing every part of the sleeping form, wanting the love that should come with it.

Ren stirred eyes finding Horo smiling down at him. Ren snuggled his head into Horos chest, allowing the bluenette to wrap his arms around him. Ren tried to forget what he knew in his heart he had to do, trying to savour this feeling inside him, knowing that he soon had to place it back into the box that it had came from and bury it in the dark depths of his heart.

"Ren?"

"Hai?"

"I… love you…"

Rens heart jumped, he couldn't believe someone would ever say those small words to him, but his happiness was crushed when he remembered he could never return those feelings, even though his heart was screaming for him to do so. Ren climbed out of bed put on his boxers and black trousers, he walked down the stairs into the kitchen. He heard Horo follow down the stairs a couple of minutes after, he walked through the door pulling on his hoodie, he walked up to Ren.

"Ren…I…"

"You shouldn't evolve yourself with me, go home Horokeu."

"What?"

"Horokeu you shouldn't be here. Go home."

"So what… last night meant nothing to you?"

"Why would it?" Horo looked deep into the golden pools starting up at him, searching for some emotion, he found none. Tears formed in Horos eyes.

"You, Tao Ren, cruel and uncaring, you are unworthy of love, and you will never be able to love, for you have no real heart and the one you do possess is black. I hope your end is full of the pain you have caused others… including me." Horo turned and walked out of the house slamming the door behind him. Ren sank to the floor; he closed his eyes trying to hold the tears back,

"You are right Horo, everything you said about me is true," the tears started to fall, creating a small puddle on the floor, his heart aching. "I can never love, for if I do only pain will befall them… Horo… I love you… and that is why I had to let you go…"