SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 19 out, this is Chapter 20 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Pairings: Tao Ren/Fem!OC, Yoh/Anna
Disclaimers: I own absolutely nothing, except this plot and pairing.
Chapter 20: Dragon Missionary
"Every day is Chinese, Chinese and even more Chinese!" Horo Horo fumed, Team the Ren were on seated in an outdoor restaurant having lunch. "Enough already!"
"Whatever." Ren shrugged. "It's your fault for being unlucky in addition to being weak."
"It was rigged!" Horo Horo accused.
"You idiot." Ren chided. "It was you who made the lottery, wasn't it?"
"Let's not get into the minor details." Horo Horo looked away.
"More importantly," Hui Ling drawled, Ren having dragged her out as well. "Feet off the dining table, please, Horo Horo." she started, biting into a forkful of osmanthus cake.
"Whatever." Horo Horo huffed and sat back down. "The point is you are too damn selfish!" he continued his tirade at the younger Shaman.
"I will never do a combination move with you guys." Ren remarked flatly.
"After the transformation, the combination crumbles." Chocolove punned.
"Chocolove..." Horo Horo growled, Oversoul activated as he pointed his snowboard at the habitual joker.
"You bastard..." Ren glared, his Oversoul activated as well, his guan dao was pointed menacingly at the African American's nose.
"Wait, calm down!" Chocolove protested. "That joke took a long time to set up."
"Shut up, you bastard!" Horo Horo snapped.
All three boys were too engrossed in their argument to notice the rapidly increasing twitches that had formed on Hui Ling's forehead.
"Bakudō #62: Hyapporankan!" said female Shaman ended the verbal war before it could escalate by pinning all three boys to the wall with the numerous light rods. "Consider yourselves lucky that I haven't considered you guys to be training targets for Senkei." she polished off the last of her dessert. "So, shut up, sit down and eat." she released the trio from her binding spell.
"Scary..." Horo Horo muttered.
"Seriously scary..." Chocolove agreed.
At dinnertime...
"No TV while we are eating." Anna put her foot down, using the remote to turn off the television.
"It was just getting good..." Horo Horo sighed.
"I didn't think that they would air Japanese anime in America." Yoh remarked.
"It looks like they air a lot of those now." Manta pointed out.
"By the way, your next opponent hasn't been decided yet, right?" Ren asked.
"Nope." Yoh answered.
"I don't see Ryu anywhere." Chocolove looked around. "Is something wrong with him?"
"He said something about not having an appetite and is resting at the hotel." Manta replied.
"Chinese again..." Horo Horo groaned. "It's rigged!"
"You're too loud!" Anna snapped.
"It's a message regarding our next match." Faust looked at his Oracle Bell. "Tomorrow afternoon."
"At the southwest D-Stage." Yoh continued. "I wonder what it is like."
"The opponent is Team Arabian." Faust added.
"Perfect timing." Ren remarked. "I'll come and see how weak you are."
"I wonder if Ryu will be okay." Manta muttered.
"And going by the opponent's team name, I'll make an educated guess and say they're a desert-based team." Hui Ling bit into her rice noodle roll. "And knowing their luck, the battlefield will most likely be in a desert arena." she predicted. "What?" she blinked when she was met by silence.
"Hui Ling, you just jinxed them." Tamao wailed.
Sometime later...
"Had enough?" Ren asked, clashing with Hui Ling with his Oversoul.
"Not on your watch!" the younger girl retorted. "Bakudō #9: Hōrin!"
"You missed." Ren smirked, easily dodging the energy thread.
"Did I?" Hui Ling smirked back, said energy tendril curving back and trapping the boy in its confines.
"Fine, I concede." Ren muttered.
"Only us." Hui Ling snorted, releasing her binding spell.
"What?" Ren looked at her, confused.
"Only us will have a day out and turn it into a sparring session." Hui Ling clarified.
"At least it's better than what Anna has Yoh doing." Ren reminded.
"Point." Hui Ling agreed.
At dinnertime...
"Maybe I'll have the fried rice." Yoh peered at the display case.
"You shouldn't eat anything with carbohydrates after exercising." Anna reminded. "Go with some fried leeks."
"I don't like raw-smelling foods." Yoh whined.
"You can't beat me while you still have likes and dislikes." Ren mocked.
"Even though you have a strong sense of likes and dislikes towards other people." Chocolove pointed out.
"And even though you can never really stomach Mapo Tofu." Hui Ling piped in.
"What did you say?" Ren snapped.
"Those guys really piss me off." Horo Horo complained, reuniting with the group.
"You're..." Anna recognized the new addition.
"Long time no see, everyone." Pirica greeted.
"Who is she?" Chocolove asked.
"She's Horo Horo's younger sister." Ren replied.
"I ate some warm sweet potatoes." Chocolove punned. "What? No reaction?" he whined.
"Don't try too hard." Ren sighed. "You just met her."
"She is quite slow..." Hui Ling gawked, Pirica suddenly started laughing when she understood the joke after awhile.
"So, what are you annoyed about?" Yoh asked.
"Children can't become Shaman King?" Chocolove roared after Horo Horo informed them about his encounter with Team Sabbath.
"He was so nosy and kept bothering me." Horo Horo sighed. "And he wasn't even listening to my story. He kept babbling about his own thoughts."
"That's really annoying." Manta agreed.
"Right?" Pirica concurred. "Since my big brother is the one who will become Shaman King."
"That's not true." Chocolove corrected. "The one who will be Shaman King is me, Chocolove."
"People are free to keep dreaming." Ren snorted.
"It's all right." Yoh voiced, before the two Usuis and Chocolove riled on the Chinese Shaman. "Everyone has their reasons."
"That's right." Manta smiled.
"It's gonna be solar." Chocolove punned, again. "You really are slow." he muttered, hearing Pirica burst into laughter again.
In the Patch Coliseum the next day...
"That's one creepy group." Amidamaru noted in the stands.
"According to Horo Horo, they possess the power connected to the devil." Manta remarked.
"That might not be true." Anna corrected. "Since he isn't causing any problems." she turned to Faust.
"That's kind of true." Hui Ling sweatdropped at the lovey-dovey Faust and Eliza.
"However, I sense a dark, grave power coming from them." Amidamaru frowned. "It's not a mortal grudge."
"We won't know until the fight starts." Yoh turned back to the arena.
In the arena...
"They're all together even though it's morning." Chocolove was surprised.
"Hui's always been an early riser." Ren stated. "Though I'm surprised those slackers are up this early."
"Your other teammates are children as well?" Ronnie sighed. "Are you trying to turn the Shaman Fight into a kindergarten?"
"Did you hear that?" Horo Horo asked his teammates.
"I see." Chocolove noted. "They really are a bunch of annoying guys."
"Let's just end this already." Ren snorted.
"Kalim, start the match." Horo Horo agreed.
"Now, we shall begin the match between Team the Ren and Team Sabbath." Kalim declared.
"Wait." Ronnie cut in. "You're going to fight me in a one-on-one match." he pointed to Horo Horo.
"Accept his challenge." Ren told Horo Horo. "It's not that big of a problem. Since I don't think you'll lose to a guy like him."
"Gotcha." Horo Horo smirked. "I'll be your opponent."
"Hellfire!" Ronnie released a stream of fire from his Oversoul's mouth.
"Kau Kau Furi Wenfe !" Horo Horo countered with a shower of ice shards. "Mososo Kruppe!" he then fended off Ronnie's dragon tail attack with an ice spike from the ground.
"Electric Funeral!" Ouji's Oversoul fired off an energy beam from it's crossed arms.
"Golden Chūka Zanmai!" Ren had Bason take to the air before unleashing his thrust assault on Rose.
"Killminator!" Mic's speed allowed him to dodge the streak attack.
After dodging Mic's attacks, Big Pig jumped into the air to use his combination attack with Rose. "Heaven and Hell!"
"Shaft!" Chocolove ordered, seeing the energy sphere tossed at him. In response, Mic jumped, slicing the energy ball into half with his frontal claws, Ren doing the same with his own energy attack, only with Bason's weapon.
"Aiyomi, Ouji!" Ronnie gasped at his fallen teammates.
"Don't look away!" Horo Horo snapped at his opponent. "Mososo Kruppe!" he let loose his stream of ice spikes at the white dragon.
"Not yet!" Ronnie used his dragon's fire to melt the ice. "Rainbow in the Dark!" using his remaining Oversoul, he had the White Snake bite off Kororo's shoulder and Horo Horo, before engulfing both Shaman and Guardian Spirit in a rainbow-colored energy sphere.
"Winner, Team the Ren!" Kalim announced after Horo Horo broke free of Ronnie's last attack.
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