Chapter 10: Not With Her!
A/N: Hi again! I was able to update this one today so hope you enjoy reading!
To Guest(?): God, your review made me sooo happy! It really made me pump up! So now, I tried my best to update this one today for my dear reader! And about Eri's second medium, I think I will give her one. Thanks a lot! XD
Now here we go!
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"Damn that witch…. just who on earth she thinks she is to give out orders randomly? How I wanted to beat the hell out of her…" Ren growled while walking down the street while clenching his fist. Apparently, earlier, while he was enjoying some fresh air outside of Yoh's house, Anna came and broke his peaceful moment with an order to get something from her. Of course he immediately refused, only to receive her Legendary Left the moment he did so. So here he is.
"Wait up, Master!" his spirit Bason called out to him while flying on midair in his small form.
"She should be thankful that she's Yoh's fiancé or else… I would've scratched her on the face by now…" he continued to mumble, cursing.
"Hey, all of your complaints are just a pain to my ears even if you're not doing anything, all right? You even left me all the packages for her!" Acrein grunted while carrying three large boxes stacked one after another and it seems that he's having a hard time, since the boxes look heavy.
"I'm the one who got them out from that stinky dark room while you were just slacking off, now don't complain if you're carrying those junks now!" Ren yelled back in annoyance as he walked faster.
"Hey, slow down, will you!?" Acrein called out as he tried to catch up but he's too fast.
"Shut up and you should be the one to walk fast!"
"Who are you to talk like that, huh!? Tch, Yoh was right. He's so annoying, short-tempered, grumpy, and most of all, his weird hairstyle…" Acrein lowered his voice at the last two phrases but Ren heard this, thus, his spiky hair flickered and in a flash…
#&0*$%!)R* )^%$!
Acrein lied down on the ground all beat up with the heavy boxes on top of him while Ren went ahead and left him behind. "You… sharkhead… I'll kill you…" he mumbled while kissing the ground then his soul drifted just above him. Then an astral body of a teenager boy appeared before him.
"Jeez, you're always hopeless," Hinjiko said to him with an apologetic smile.
"Damn it… even that freak is also a pain in the ass…. how come I'm surrounded by idiots?" Ren groaned to himself while clenching his fist. When he arrived at a junction, a running person just bumped into him, causing him to fell to the ground. The person stopped running and glanced at him. He gave the person a dagger-stare. "Where the hell do you think you're watching!?"
"It's you who should be looking on your way, retarded klutz!" the person yelled in a girl's voice. Then she passed him and hurried running towards the left side of the junction. He became dumbstruck for a minute.
….
"What the hell… She bumped into me then called me a retarded klutz? Bitch…" Ren murmured to himself in irritation then followed the running girl. "I won't let anyone get away who just called me that when she's at fault!"
He saw the girl turned around the corner that leads to an abandoned alley in a rush. He stopped and hid first to figure out what she's doing. He leaned on the concrete wall and listened to what's going on.
"Damn you, bitch… You won't get away with this!" a manly voice said, which obviously sound like a thug.
"Who are you calling a bitch, you scumbag? Now give me back that!" the girl toughly said in a cold tone.
A smile appeared on Ren's lips and scoffed. "So she's been stolen? How brave. The stolen chased the stealer instead, but still, she's a girl. What can she do about it?"
"Oh, you're talking about this piece of junk? Heh, I only happened to pick this up earlier. Jeez, what's so precious about this trash?" the thug said and clenched the small object he's holding. The girl's eyes widened in furious and clenched her fists so tight.
"J-Junk…? You called those things…. junk?" she hissed.
"Oh? So these things are precious to you? Man, so you're just a sissy little chick at all. Hm, guys!" the man called out with a grin then five people came out from the fence and jumped down right before the man. All of them are holding poles or whatever kinds of weapons with evil grins on their faces.
Ren became a bit anxious for the girl and thought deeply. "Tch, that girl is really putting herself into trouble. Should I help her out? But wait, something's strange…" He carefully slid his back sideward to have a look but stopped when he heard the girl spoke.
"Now you're pissing me off…. you damn scum…" she growled but the men slowly walked towards her.
"T-That voice… it's familiar…" Ren said as he tried to recall where he heard it.
Then the six men charged at her with their weapons and exclaimed, "Just go to hell, little girl!" However, she didn't react and stayed on her spot.
"That idiot!" Ren exclaimed alarmed then he was about to turn when the girl yelled loudly.
"DON'T SCREW WITH ME, YOU SCUMBAGS!"
He flinched then much to his surprise, a red beam of laser suddenly flashed from the corner and went pass through in front of him. He fell down on his behind in shock and the light instantly vanished. He sweated nervously while he remained stiff on his spot. "Wh-What the heck was that? It almost caught me up!"
Few seconds has passed when he recovered from shock and got up to take a look at what happened. Another strange sight greeted him: six men lying on the ground with their bodies burnt and a black-haired girl standing unharmed. Worst of all, the whole alley was pulverized. He sweat dropped nervously.
The girl walked towards the man who's in the middle of the group of thugs and stepped on his wrist hard and his palm opened, revealing two crystal round bells on it. She took the bells and clutched it, then she turned around with closed eyes and sighed.
"You…" Ren spoke up, getting the girl's attention. She opened her eyes and saw him, staring at her with surprised eyes. She became a bit surprised when he saw his face.
"You're… the guy who was with Yoh, right?" she asked.
"Was… with Yoh? Hey, look here, you didn't even remember the person whom you bumped to earlier? What kind of memory do you have?" he said, a bit irritated.
"So? What do you want?"
"What do you think you're doing, chasing those thugs over… uh, what was that again?"
She stared at him for a while then looked away to her side. "None of your concern. And I asked you, what do you want?"
Ren's eyebrows furrowed and twitched in irritation. "You don't even know how to apologize to someone whom you just called retarded klutz even if it was your fault? Learn some personal manners, you charcoaled face!" he said angrily while pointing at her.
"Oh, you only came after me for that? How petty," she replied and crossed her arms and closed her eyes, ignoring his complaint.
"What did you say?"
She opened her eyes and returned his gaze at him. "How petty… Ren Tao," she uttered, making him confused.
"How do you know my name?"
"Your face says it all. Hot-tempered personality, aggressive, crude… stupid? Not only that, it suits your character well," she said bluntly.
A nerve snapped on the boy's temple as he planned to charge at her and pummel her down but tried to hold himself back from hurting a girl. "Don't go rubbing someone else with that impudent mouth of yours, you block head!"
"Hmp," was her only reply and turned back then put the bells on her hair. He stared at her blankly.
He didn't say anything and just looked at the whole place. He became a bit self-conscious with this girl after seeing her beating those guys from earlier and the messing up of the entire alley. It's just like Yoh said. She's volatile. What's worse is that she destroyed the whole place without any second thoughts….
She tied the knot on her hair tight to ensure that it won't come off again. After doing so, she turned back and started to walk away when they heard a loud bang on a door on the building's side which surprised them.
"What's that?" she asked as she went in front of the door.
"Hey, don't just go there!" he warned as he followed her.
The door banged again a few times. She didn't listen and was about to hold the knob when it opened by itself, surprising them. The inside was very dark and there was nothing to be seen. Then they felt someone pushed them from behind to the darkness and they fell to the cold floor.
"Hah! Enjoy your night there, you damn brats!" the thug yelled and laughed diabolically as he slammed the door shut. Ren instantly got up and headed for the door.
"Hey, open this up, you morons!" he yelled as he kicked the door angrily. But there was no response outside. He clenched his fist in anger. "Damn it. What's going on, for Pete's sake?"
"Master, what happened?" Bason asked as he appeared on his behind.
"Tch, those idiots locked us up here like we're some kind of kids…" he replied as he clenched his fist then he just sighed but still a bit angry. "If it weren't for that charcoal, this wouldn't have happened. Hey, are you even listening!?" he said out loud then looked around. It was so dark that he couldn't see a thing, even the black-haired girl. Then he heard a crashing sound ahead. "Now what?"
"Why not check it out?" the spirit suggested.
He started to walk straight carefully since there's no light while his spirit followed. Not long, the temperature of the place became cold but it didn't bother him. He continued walking until he heard running footsteps and something bumped into him suddenly, making him fell to the floor on his behind again because of the strong impact, groaning in slight pain. "What was that?"
"Wh-What was that?" It was the girl's voice that spoke softly. He opened his eyes and his eyes widen in surprise when he saw her right in front of him. Then she raised her head and their eyes met directly. He froze. And one more thing he didn't realize is that… he was now leaning on his arms, Eri's hands on his, and her face is only three inches away from his.
"What the—" he blurted out then finally, he finally realized his situation right now. Blood immediately rushed to his head as he froze like a statue. 'Wh-wh-why is she so damn close!? Wh-What should I do!?' he inwardly exclaimed in embarrassment.
"What… are… you doing…?" Eri hissed, her dark red eyes fixated on his golden ones. "Let go of my hand, pervert."
"Wha—" before he could say anything, he received a powerful slap on the face, causing his head to hit the floor hard. That was his second slap of the day. Eri immediately stood up and grabbed her sword while glaring at him.
Annoyed, Ren instantly raised his head and turned to her while cupping his red cheek. "What the hell was that for!? You were the one who put your hands on me!" He screamed. Eri was caught off guard and flinched, not noticing that she was blushing slightly too. But she immediately shook her head and glared at him back.
"Shut up or I'll be the one to seal that impudent mouth of yours, shark head."
"Don't mimic those idiots' call signs for me, charcoal!" He clenched his teeth while staring at her with an irritated expression. Curse this day. What kind of luck is following me anyway? First, I got ordered by that Ice Queen like some kind of dog, next, that freak pissing me off and now, I've got to be stuck inside a dark space with this girl! However, he just let out a sigh and trashed that thought then stood up. "Tch, whatever. I think it would be better if we can find an exit to this place," he stated.
Eri closed her eyes and looked away after standing up. "You don't have to tell me what to do," she said in an irritated voice. She turned her back against him and walked straight.
"Where are you going?"
"Finding the exit, like you said."
"You really have no sense of direction, have you? It's this way." He pointed at the direction where he came from.
"How do you know that?"
"I just came here from there."
"Psh, whatever. I'm sure that's just—" She was cut off when another crashing sound resounded from nowhere. She looked at him who was also looking at her, then both realized danger's closing in on them.
Suddenly, many balls of fire appeared from the distance. Then they heard cracking footsteps closing in as the balls of fire gradually became bigger like it's moving to them.
"Now what? Things are always happening randomly this day," Ren said in an irritated tone.
"Stop spurting out complaints, alright? Let's run for it." They both ran away from the spot and immediately looked for the exit.
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A/N: I think it would be fine to let you guys know that I will pair Eri with Ren… *closes one of my eyes and stuck out my tongue* Tehee. More pairings will come soon. 3
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