The Sun, The Moon, The Star: United Love Chapter 10: Dreaming Truth, a shaman king fanfic

MysticTwilight-That would actually be great if the story is all humor but no, that's not what he meant.

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Shiow smiled in her sleep. That was a fun night when she accidentally food poisoned Ren, but it was worth getting chased around by him if it meant earning back their complete friendship. But even so, it was a very tiring night, especially after coming back to the others late that night from getting their 'midnight' snack. Yet, as much fun as it was, something didn't feel right at all…

"Shiow? Wake up! Wake up! It's a new day!" Kira shouted as she tries to wake her friend up.

"Um, Chris, something's wrong, Shiow never sleeps past 10," said Kira when Shiow won't get out of bed.

"She and Yoh got back pretty late, I'm pretty sure she'll wake up soon," said Chris,

"But its lunch time," Kira reminded and Chris sighed and went over to Shiow's bed and pulled on the covers. Shiow immediately reacts and holds onto the covers for dear life.

"Come on! Shiow! Get up!" said Chris as he pulls, she's pretty strong. Shiow groans and refuses to let go.

"Hey! Hurry up in there! We're leaving!" Horo shouted from outside the door.

"Hold your horses, Blueberry! Shiow won't get up!" said Kira through the door.

"BLUEBERRY?" Horo exclaimed in anger. As much as he thinks Kira's kind of 'cool,' he did not like being called 'Blueberry.'

"Is she okay?" Yoh asked through the door,

"I don't know, she won't get out of bed," Kira repeated.

"You think she's sick?" Ren asked,

"…Ren? Are you worried or something?" Horo asked suspiciously.

"What? Of course not! I was just wondering! I don't care about Shiow!" said Ren quickly and tried to hide the redness on his face.

"Hey Spiky! I think you're right! Chris said she's got a temperature!" said Kira through the door.

"She'll be fine, she just has to rest for the day," said Faust and puts his materials away.

"So she can't play today?" Kira asked sadly.

"No, she can't leave the bed," said Faust,

"Are you kidding me?" Shiow asked,

"Nope, stay in bed. Be glad you and your team are already out of the competition or Shiow could be worse than sick," said Faust and let them be.

"Oh well! Too bad! Let's go, Chris!" said Kira and pulls him along,

"That's not fair; you guys can't leave me alone!"

"Don't yell Shiow, save your energy," said Chris while being dragged by Kira.

Shiow was so bored within half an hour. Surprised she survived three so far. Someone knocked on her door,

"Come in whoever it is," Shiow groaned. The person sat on her bed but Shiow didn't want to move and look at the person.

"You know, you and your team shouldn't even stay here in Patch Village."

Shiow moved her body and looked at the person looking down at her.

"Why? Why do you concern me and my team, Ren?" Shiow asked. Ren shrugged,

"Well if Hao kills you, who will I have fun fighting with?"

"Your way of fun is really unusual," said Shiow with a sweat drop.

"Hmm, well I didn't really enjoy the game of tag back when we were younger," said Ren and stayed in his pose on the bed with his arms crossed.

"And you think tag with a few weapons added in is fun?" Shiow asked,

"Maybe. It's not like there's anyone else like you. Horo Horo and Chocolove are just idiots and annoying. Ryu is just plain weird. Faust is married and a grown up. Kira is crazy and Chris is annoying. Plus-"

"How the heck is Chris annoying?" Shiow asked,

"He thinks he's the best at everything!"

"Oh like you don't think that too…"

"Well at least I'm right! Oh yes, where was I? Manta is too…scared and small. The girls are just girls. Anna doesn't even know the term 'fun' or 'hanging out' I bet."

"But I didn't think you would know those terms either," said Shiow with a small grin.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I know everything!" Ren shouted with an anime vein and his hair spiked up.

"Ren, I know what you're what you're trying to say to me. Hey, we can spend time together like friends should. As soon as I get better I'll treat us to Chinese food!"

"What are you talking about? I had no intention of doing that! But since you offered, I'll gladly have some Chinese with you if you're the one paying," said Ren.

"Great, hey what about Yoh? Aren't you two good friends so don't you two spend time together?" Shiow asked,

"Yoh is…just Yoh," said Ren and shrugs.

"Yoh is just Yoh huh? I think we should invite Yoh along with us! Yoh loves to eat anyway!" said Shiow with a grin.

"Invite Yoh to spend time with you on your own!" Ren snapped.

"Fine…"

"You are so immature!"

"At least I'm not some moody person that shows that he cares for someone by threatening them," said Shiow and puts her hands behind her head between the pillow.

"Hn…"

Chris sat down and waited at the side of the cliff in the desert. It was getting pretty hot, hotter at least, and he's been here for a whole hour. Chris took a drink from his water bottle,

"I'm leaving…" he said to himself,

"Oh? I thought you wanted to speak to me old friend…"

Chris sighed and stood up and turned around,

"Hao…if you dare call me your friend again, I'll ask Anna to bring back my spirit and I'll kick your butt!" Chris said as calmly as he could but that anime vein was pretty visible. Hao just smiled and walked up to Chris,

"So, what is it that you're concerned about?" Hao asked,

"What do you want with Shiow?" Chris asked getting to the point. Hao sat down at the edge of the cliff where Chris was earlier,

"Why do you want to know so eagerly?" Hao asked calmly.

"So I can protect her from you and I actually find out what you're doing!"

"I thought you were going to say that you could prevent me from taking the King of Spirits," said Hao without looking at him.

"…That too."

"If you really want to know little boy, there's no harm in telling someone that's going to die when I make this an all powerful shaman world," said Hao and smiled. Chris was holding back all his strength just to not punch Hao now. But he needed to know and he would die here and then instead of later if his did hit Hao.

"Watch this, Blueberry!" Kira used one of her spirits to make an ice tower.

"Oh yeah? Kororo!" Horo Horo sculpted the ice.

"Cheater! I made the tower first!"

"I could've made that myself!"

"Oh yeah, Blueberry? I...I uh, I have a lot more talents than you!"

"Prove it, Blondie!"

"Okay I will! Why did the chickens cross the road?"

"…You actually got me to think that Chocolove's jokes are better," said Horo and started walking away.

"To get to the other side! Get it?"

"That's the oldest joke in the world!"

Just then, hysterical laughing was heard. Pirka was standing there with her arms around her stomach.

"Get to the other side! That was good!" she cried in laughter. Horo sweat dropped and Kira was happy that someone got her joke.

"…Girls really are weird," he mumbled.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Kira and Horo's own sister demanded.

"So that's it…that's why…" Chris grumbled in anger.

"Yes, once she opens her heart, it's free for the taking," said Hao calmly,

"You didn't keep her alive because she was strong; you kept her alive because you needed her!"

"You're partially right. You see, when I first killed off her entire family and when I was about to kill her too, I accidentally shut her heart and I didn't realize that until I got close enough to her. So now I waited all this time and finally, I'm close enough that I feel I can just grasp her with my own hands!"

"…"

"What's the matter? Oh, and if you tell dear Shiow any of this, I'll kill you there and then, understand? Well? Christopher Sun?"

That night, Chris was late for dinner. When he entered the restaurant where everybody was, everyone's first questions was:

"Where were you?"

"Uh, out," he replied,

"Well duh," said Anna,

"Out! Up! And-"

"Don't even try!" said Ren who stopped Chocolove's joke again.

"Why do you guys never let me finish? It's cruel! I demand some respect!" Chocolove argued,

"Well maybe if you keep your mouth shut, I would have to hurt you to stop you!"

"…So Kira, how's Shiow?" Chris asked when he noticed that she's not even here.

"She's doing better! Faust fixed her good!" Kira answered and Chris's eyebrow started twitching.

"F-Faust…?" Faust still isn't Chris favorite shaman around and the fact that Kira said 'fix' scared Chris.

Even after clearing him up that Faust didn't really do anything that included any kind of surgery to Shiow, Chris was worried and was quiet for the whole time. He kept insisting that it's not safe to leave her alone the whole time.

"…Kira, I need a word with you," said Chris suddenly but he didn't wait for an answer and drags her away from the others.

"What do you mean we have to separate Yoh and Shiow?" Kira asked, bewildered by that idea.

"…I can't really say. But we can't let them get any closer than they are. The whole shaman world depends on it!"

"…You are overreacting!"

Chris slapped himself,

"No I'm not! Look, we can't risk it! If Shiow tells Yoh she loves him! Our world is going to end!"

"…You shouldn't eat chocolate before you go to bed," said Kira and was about to leave while Chris has steam coming out of his head, but he grabbed her and pulled her back again.

"TRUST ME!"

"…But the way you put it, I seriously think it's the chocolate," said Kira, still looking at Chris like he's crazy.

"I know! But I can't tell you! But I can tell you the reason: He's blackmailing me with death so I'm not saying anything!"

"Oh! So you're saying that once Shiow admits how she feels for Yoh, the world is going to end? Just like that?" Kira asked and Chris banged his head on the wall a couple of times.

"No! And even if you did guess right, I probably have to say no or I'll be joining Shirako!" said Chris pointing up.

"That would be cool if you could!" said Kira with a big grin and Chris really wanted to hit her at the moment.

"Look, just trust me. We can't let her any closer to Yoh sadly," said Chris,

"I don't know what the reason is but you always seem to be right so I guess it won't hurt to believe you, well, won't hurt me at least. Okay, so now we're doing the opposite of what we were doing before?" Kira asked and Chris sweat drops,

"What do you mean by 'we' Kira? You're the one playing hook-up all the time with everybody!"

"Not everybody! But still! It's so obvious that they are meant to be! Like you and Tamao!"

"WHAT?"

Its official, the boy now as red a tomato is going to kill his teammate, or at least try to.

Shiow lay in bed, now she was officially tired. She was half asleep, but mostly asleep and was having a strange dream. Someone took her hand and Shiow felt it. Thinking she's still in dream-land, she was able to talk a bit in her sleep.

"…Yoh?"

"I hate it when everyone thinks I'm my weak half," said Hao and smirked.

In her dream, Shiow couldn't help but push Yoh's image away.

"No! You're not Yoh! What's going on? Chris! Kira! Ren! Everyone? Where are you? Yoh!" Shiow started walking through thick fog as everyone slowly disappears as they walk away from her.

"What does this mean?" she asked herself and then she saw a light behind a giant gate.

"…The king of Spirits? What's it trying to tell me?"

Then something was glowing inside of her and slowly, a jewel shaped heart was leaving her body,

"…What's this?"

The jewel flew off towards the gate and it changed shape, it changed into a key and with a flash of light, the gate disappeared and Shiow could see the King of Spirits clearly.

Shiow snapped awake with her heart beating fast and her doing some quick breathing.

"Looks like you're a stubborn one…"

Shiow lifted her head a bit to see Hao standing there,

"…Did you give me that vision?"

"No, I was just here to see how much you've opened your heart. It looks like you're too stubborn to let yourself be free," said Hao and with that, he disappeared. Shiow forced herself to sit up,

"…What does it mean? What does Hao know about me that I don't?"