Five years later the tournament happened, which then they had a confrontation with Zeke, and dealing with a bunch of obstacles one of them being dealing with a male who eventually became another male to add to the group that was going to the tournament by the name of Jacko. At this point in time they were on their way to a nearby town. The journey was long and hot, so it was more than understandable that everyone in the group were ether sweating up an ocean or were dying from thirst, in some cases both. Thankfully the answer to their prayers was there. They could see the next town in the not so far distance. The purple ,spiky haired male could feel his spirits lifting up a little bit, literally and metaphorically.
Just as he started to lightly speed up his walk he could heard a rather loud thump behind him. The male just knew that he would regret turning around but he could not just leave it like that. he turned around only to see those idiots laying on the ground panting like pigs and hiding in the shade of a tree. How did this strong and intelligent male end up with a group like that.
"Honestly?! The town is right there! Get your asses up!"
The group could see the male's spike visibly moving about from his anger.
"Aww come on Ren. We need some rest. Why don't you and Lela head into the town and we will catch up?" Yoh asked tiredly
Ren felt himself growing even more agitated. he knew what the first thing he was going to do once he became king. He was going to turn that idiotic group into his personal slaves and make them work for their lives. Well probably not for their lives but the purple haired male would be a tyrant towards them for sure. Ren groaned and mumbled to himself before looking at Lela and his demeanor seemed to change lightly.
"Would you like to come with me or stay here to guard these idiots from doing anything stupid?"
He was more than sure that going with him to find a house and water would be the better option any felt her eyebrow twitch as she heard one of them complain, where they really that weak minded that they'd let their bodies over come their own mind set? She couldn't believe the males her betrothed had become chummy with.
When Ren had spoke to her; her purple eyes went from the disappointing group to Ren in an instant. She didn't have to think about her choice, she knew all too well what she wanted to do and that was to go with him. They other's could go rot in the sand for all she cared, she held on to her bunbun with a soft caring smile on her face.
"I would prefer to go with you Ren." She said calmly as she stepped towards him.
She had been walking beside the male Yoh Asakura to see just what Ren saw in him but seeing that he wasn't as strong as she thought he'd be, it made him wonder how did they end up being friend and being as they were. What drove Ren to be so close to them?
The purple haired shaman was more than glad to hear the cute plush bunny maniac say that she was going to accompany him. Horohoro made some ice appear and mumbled to himself before speaking."Lela why don't you stay with us. let Ren be cranky we will take a small break and resume walking." The others all nodded tiredly.
The pointy headed shaman snarled at them and smirked."Hah, yeah right, like she is going to choose you idiots over me. We are not going to wait for you in town. When you get there find us on your own." The Tao male started walking with his oh so close shaman companion and both of their spirits
Lela only scoffed and held on to Ren's arm tightly before the two of them walked off. As they did they went into the town only for them to notice a diner not far from where they were.
"Well... how about we head into that diner over there? I am feeling a little hungry and we can start looking for a place to stay once we have eaten. We can also maybe ask around in that place." The male ended up heading towards the diner not long after he asked and as soon as he entered he noticed something.
It was bothering him when he was outside too. This town was a bit deserted. But it was not the type from ghost stories. It was the type that was deserted by young people. Most of the people there were elderly or well into their thirties. Maybe he saw one or two people around his age, and one of them was the waitress in the diner. Ren seated himself in a booth in the corner with his partner so that he could have a better view of the place and the street as well.
Despite saying some harsh stuff he was waiting to see the guys arrive in town so that they don't get lost. While the purple haired male was lost in thought the rather busty waitress made her way over to the table and seductively leaned over to Ren asking.
"What can I get for you sweetheart?" The female was indeed quite attractive but her behavior was a little bit off... Like let's say the fact that she is offering herself as if she is on the menu.
Or at least behaving that way. Ren payed little to no attention to that but it only made her want to be more pushy."A menu."The Tao boy stated bluntly and waited to see what was on the menu. Other than her.
Lela's eyebrow twitched as she saw the female waitress getting fairly close to her betrothed, she had to keep her tight hold on bunbun so she wouldn't go for her Kunai that was close to her hip. She realized that Ren was a highly attractive male, its why she accepted the marriage proposal that was given to the two of them at such a young age up to now. She had found herself in love with the purple haired male fairly quickly, she didn't know how he felt about her but that didn't matter to her. What mattered was that she kept her family name from being stained like Ren's was. She had to keep him on track that was her sole purpose of being with him. To make him be the king nothing more. She only hoped the others would soon follow in suit to find them so she wouldn't have to show the more darker side to her.
The only person who had ever seen that side of her was Jun, Ren's elder sister. She didn't wish for her betroth to see the side of her that was most unladylike for a woman of her stature. Lela cleared her throat as she looked to the waitress.
"You are a waitress are you not? You should have known we came here to eat not to see you expose yourself. Please hand both of us a menu and allow both of us a bit of time to see what we can eat." She said calmly but with a very cold, dark tone
Ren lightly grinned to himself noticing that his lovely soon to be wife was being jealous thanks to the girl flirting with him. He could have some fun with that while he waited for the others to arrive. The waitress sent Lela a dirty look before handing the menu to Ren first off course and then handing Lela one of the more worn out menu's and quickly left to serve the other clients. The fair skinned boy couldn't help but notice that but decided to keep quiet for a little bit. He was going to give that waitress a piece of his mind after the meal.
"What would you like to have? Things don't look too appetizing on the menu but I guess it is better than eating fruits from the trees or hoping that the guys won't accidentally put something in the food and end up poisoning us. I still can't get over the fact that Ryu tried to prepare some Fugu for us. The chances of him doing it wrong and killing us all are very high." Ren blabbered for a little bit to himself as he waited for his betrothed to choose her meal.
He had planned ahead and was going to order it instead of her so that that Waitress does not spit in Lela's food or tries anything nasty like that. It was not long before the waitress came back and smiled sweetly at Ren.
"Did you pick sweetheart?"
Ren decided to play around with her a little bit."Actually I have a little trouble choosing. What would you recommend?" The spiky headed male lightly glanced at his partner to see her reaction to that.
Lela didn't understand why he had asked her what she had wanted, she knew she was being treated like shit cause she was being herself. She pushed the menu away from her. What she wanted, she knew all too well he wouldn't want, her diet was very different from his. She could only have things with high sugar content in it while he could have a regular diet. Why he would ask her such a question was beyond her. She sighed and gave him a white lie instead of the truth, she wouldn't let him see her so weak minded.
"The steak and fries look good." She said as her hand twitched every few seconds. She really badly wanted to kill the woman in front of her but she wouldn't do anything until she knew the motive of the female who served the two of them.
The purple haired shaman felt a little bit annoyed that his betrothed did not tell him what she really wanted. He could tell just by looking at her eyes that she wanted somthing else. most likely something sugary. Ren took the female's nose and lightly tugged on it.
"I asked what you wanted to eat! Not what looked good." He huffed at her a little bit and looked at the waitress when she came over
" Well honey I would recommend something bit and juicy for a big boy like you. And maybe a kid's meal for the girl." The female narrowed her eyes towards Lela.
She was the stereotypical flirty waitress, hair dyed blonde, with black roots showing, red lipstick, heavy make up, a slutty outfit and her behavior was horrible. The only thing worse than it was the spray tan she had on her. With a soft sigh Ren spoke once more. It was starting to annoy him as well.
"Two portions of steak and fries with sauces, About the desserts which would you recommend?"
The girl leaned on the table lightly her skirt lifting up a little bit.
"Hmm only that big boy? About the desserts the cakes are quite popular we also have many types of ice-creams."
Ren looked at her and spoke firmly."I am not a boy."
She chuckled quite happy that he was giving in to her flirting."Hmm but off course handsome. You are a man now aren't ya?" She wrote down about the steaks and fries and went to give the order.
When the waitress left she rubbed her nose from it being pulled by Ren before she felt a defeating feeling within her gut. She slid out of the seat and looked to him.
"I'm not all that hungry I'm just gunna wait outside for the others so they know where we are." She said softly before she walked out calmly.
She had to leave out before Ren saw the worst of her. She didn't want him to see that part of her, she wanted to keep the innocent thoughts he had of her in tact. She couldn't do that if he kept poking at the act that the female was placing up. She didn't even know if he loved her back anyways, if she couldn't do something like keep Ren on task what good was she to anyone?
She hated it that she had fallen in love with someone as apathetic as Ren Tao. She should have known that he would have been looking at women who had a better image than her. She looked down at her bunny and frowned.
"We don't need him do we bunbun?" She already knew the answer to the question.
Of course she didn't, she had survived the desert of Egypt for five years and even the blistering cold of the Arctic without Ren. She could do anything without Ren's help...but her heart still tugged at the thought of leaving his side. Lela disliked that Ren had done what he had, why he hadn't been the male she knew as in him was beyond him. The fact that he hadn't stopped her upsetted her even more. She refused to think that he'd go with someone else, but her mind always went back to how he went with the big busty woman's antics, how he hadn't even mentioned that they were together. It was like she didn't even matter to him in the first place, she spoke a lot with bunbun.