~Interlude~

By: Viiyui

Disclaimer: Shaman King doesn't belong to me, nor does the works of the Grimm Brothers...

"Ugh... My head hurts like..." Pirika groaned and got up, rubbing her forehead vigoriously in hopes of chasing away the pain. Where was she? When the slight fog in her eyes cleared, she looked around. "Yoh's house..." She mummered. Frowning, she racked her brain for any more information. A party... But the faint image she had of one wasn't in the Asakura household... She knew that she had been partying with Horohoro and the others for the holidays... yet... Just at the edge of her mind, another scenario was begging to be presented. It was as if there was a chunk of her memory missing. Shrugging, Pirika shook it away. If it was important, than she would've been able to remember it. It must have just been a wierd dream she had. Dreams were quite easily forgotten if there was knowledge of having it at all. She stood up. "I should go home now... Bro, let's g-"
Her eyes caught sight of him. Smiling, she sighed and sat back down, watching her brother snooze in the corner. Everyone else was asleep too... It was okay if she stayed for just one night too, right? If Anna disagreed, than she wouldn't be the only one in trouble. Anyway, it would be next to impossible to get Horohoro up now that he was so deeply immersed in his sleep. She crawled forward a bit and lay her head on Horohoro's shoulder. Snuggling closer into his trademark jacket, which had been draped over him, she let sleep sink into her. Someone had covered him up with it during sometime after everyone had fallen asleep she guessed. It hadn't been there before... Or maybe she simply had too much to drink that night to remember...

"Nhm..." Horohoro opened his eyes slowly. Soft. He was lying on something soft... His eyes took in the sheets all around him and he realized with shock that he was lying on a bed. In a room that he didn't recognize. He panicked. "Where am I!?" That wasn't the only thing that bothered him. He was hot. And sweaty. Plus there was a weird smell wafting throughout the room. Not neccessarily bad... His eyes became dinner plates when he realized that the sheets felt awfully close to his skin. Too close for him to be wearing any clothes. He lifted up the sheet and took a look. "I'm naked!!!"
And then, he realized, that was the least of his problems.
Something shifted beside him. A flash of purple. 'There's no damn way this is for real...' He made a pitiful squeak, choking on well, everything that came to his mind at that moment. He was shocked. Speechless. How had something like this happened!? He felt his face heat up without his permission. Had something happened at all? Maybe they had just... gone to bed naked. Together. It was possible, right? He punched his head for good measure. Nope. Nothing. He couldn't recall how and why they ended up the way.
Wait... He paused for a second in that train of thought. He didn't know that REN was naked! There was still a chance that- he took a quick peek under, and immediately shoved the sheets down again. Nope. Ren was DEFINATELY nude. A minute went by and Horohoro began to fidgit. Maybe... what he saw... was just a hallucination? He coughed. A rather... perverse one... but still... He flipped up the sheets again and took a bit longer than the last time to pull them down.
DAMN.

Anna had no recollection of how she had arrived where she currently was. But she was sure that it hadn't been willingly. Pink. Everywhere. The room was an orgy of pink. The cute animals and accessories that appraised the colour didn't help her stomach either.
The door opened and a familiar looking woman walked through. She smiled at Anna.
"Get up children. It's time to go meet your fiances."
"Children?"
"Anna-sama!"
"Tamao?" The pink haired shaman looked like she was about to cry. She probably thought she had been kidnapped or something...
Anna turned her attention from the other girl though and frowned as she faced the woman at the door. More pressing matters were at hand. Like how could an oversouled corpse act so... alive...?
Oh yeah. Fiances!?

A/N: ^_^ Yup, there's more to this story than that first chapter~ Huhuhu~ Gonna have lots of fun with this one ^^