Little Futura
"Enough already!" Horohoro swings his hand across the table wiping it clean as dishes, utensils, and glass to crash onto the ground. That sort of reaction startled me. I screamed in front of everyone but no one took notice. Whatever was going on, this certainly had to do with Ren."What?"
"I had enough of trying to cooperate with you in this tournament! I can't stand it!"
"Perhaps you're overly sensitive. You are, especially for a Shaman." The Chinese descent refuses to look at him.
"That is exactly what I mean. No one here can tolerate you or anything about you! I don't care if we won this Shaman Fight. Why on earth would something like the Great Spirit allow someone like you to join?!"
"Listen here." Ren stands. Now, I observe, is where we get serious. "I had no idea you were so sensitive to my remarks. I thought you could put up with them by now." He frowns.
"No. You think you're all that, don't you? Just because you're a little stronger than some of us, you think the world should do as you say. You don't need any team to support you, tough one. I'm leaving." Horohoro grabs his snowboard. "I've had enough."
If it were anyone, it would have been Tamao to run to Horohoro to have him reconsider and think about what he was doing. Where is she anyway? I thought Anna sent Yoh to look for her. Oh, there he is. He just brought back oranges. He looks at me with a scary face. Got me a little scared with him tailing behind me everywhere I went. Of course, Yoh is my friend, but begging for money to buy more oranges is just...doesn't cut it.
Chocolove tries to stop Horohoro but Ren insists he doesn't do anything. Chocolove is such a nice guy though. It's really unfortunate he's stuck with two team players like Ren and Horohoro. Regardless of what Ren had just said, he contradicts himself by stepping in Horohoro's way. Telling the Ainu child that what he is doing is reckless and selfish and to blame him for something like that. Chocolove also pleads.
The next action Horohoro takes was knocking Chocolove a clear twenty feet away from him to his left. The entire Patch restaurant now gapes and watches them like they have never seen a quarrel or dispute. Ren does not say anything. He only glares at Horohoro. Anna doesn't seem to care to the least. Maybe to her it is one less group having to compete with.
If Tamao was here, Horohoro would not hit her. He's too much of a good guy to do that, especially if it was for someone who looked as fragile as Tamao. But no Tamao, only oranges. Horohoro takes his leave. Even if Yoh tries to come up with something, it would be too late. Yoh's look of concern and surprise as he studies the waves of anger that travel within the air.
"He's a bit angry. He needs some time for himself." Yoh says with a smile. "You should be kinder to him, Ren."
"Whatever." Comes a cold reply. He pretends not to care. I know though, Ren is thinking of a better way to communicate. Yoh just does those wonderful things to people. It makes me happier to be his friend.
People confide in Yoh and his judgement. The result was evident as the next day, everyone met together again and relaxed. Although it might have been uneasy and the fact someone or anyone wanted to bring up what happened yesterday, the subject was never brought up. That night, everyone went back inside for repose at the Patch lodging.
Suddenly, I awake hearing screams. They were not horrified screams, I conclude. Someone in this house is PMSing.
Of course, I have to eavesdrop. I'm Manta, after all. Whoever it is, it sounds much like Horohoro's sister, Pirika. If it is anyone, this is second worst besides Anna. Anna may slap but this girl carries this thing with her. It's like a large parcel but what's in it, I have no idea, but I do know it causes severe damage. She rammed it into Horohoro once, I recall. Pirika throws it and the package falls on the concrete floor. There was a dent and a crack in it.
It is obvious who she is speaking to. Why on earth would anyone want to risk their life to argue with Ren? Not even Anna yells at Ren. Well...that would be too scary for thought.
"How would I have known what your brother was thinking?"
"You arrogant bastard! I have no idea where my brother is right now! Look at yourself? You think you're still better than us?" she draws a deep breath. "Everyone loathes you. How did the Great Spirit ever allow something like you live? Could you not just—"
Her dialogue cuts. Nothing else could be heard. only mean one thing.
"FIGHT!" I scream suddenly. It does its magic. As if everyone had been awake for the past few hours, Ryu, Faust, Anna, Chocolove, Jun, and Pyron run out of their rooms wondering what was happening. Of course, the looks on their faces suggests it better well be worth it or I get locked out. I point to Ren's room.
Pyron steps as the first to knock the door down. I really wish he had not done that. Perhaps it was better I didn't have anyone come to see. It would make Horohoro hate Ren all the more.
Pirika stands pinned against the wall with a glaive in her abdomen. A river of red paint splashes from the wall, around the ground, and where Ren once stood. Anna, for the first time I had ever seen her, gasp out of surprise. Well, that meant Ryu was screaming, Jun screaming, and so on. Yoh and Chocolove rush to pull Ren away from Pilica. With every move, a little more of blood began to make its steady stream across the cold blade.
A wound was in Ren's shoulder and a knife was on the floor.
Resort to murder?
Why?
The next instances happen so fast I didn't want to think about it. Anna quickly takes charge of the situation and demands Faust and Ryu take Pirika away. Jun and Ren are now screaming at each other. The glaive leaves a terrible mess of splatters on the floor as a trail is left behind.
I don't want to see it. I don't want to.Ren darts past me and towards Faust with his glaive. He's mad. Jun continues to command him to stop. What did Pirika say to get him this mad? I heard the whole conversation. There was nothing that would bother mighty Ren, right?
Pyron was the first to react and forcefully suppressed Ren to the ground as Yoh and Chocolove came back."How is she?" Chocolove asks. Faust's back faces them. A gesture of hesitation runs through a shiver.
"Will she be alright?" Yoh asks painfully. If only things weren't so bad, I could tell him everything was going to be okay. That was his line.
"What are you doing? Let go of me!" Ren yells again which pulls us all back into reality. Jun slaps his brother in face and yells at him in foreign Chinese. That blow forces the younger brother to shut up. "She's not the only one in pain!" he mutters hoarsely.
"She has nothing to do with you and Horohoro. You won't see her again." Jun snaps at him coldly.
"Why not? I can do whatever I want here."
"Pyron. Make sure you guard Pirika with all of your strength. Do not let her go unsupervised." The older sister glares. "Maybe when dear little brother gets his sanity back, you can see her."
That is the last I hear from where I follow Faust, Ryu, and Anna out of the door. I have no idea where Yoh has gone off to. Probably to find Horohoro and to tell him the news. Knowing him, he will only give half the truth. It would not be good for an enraged Horohoro to need some time off to completely drive him away from the Shaman Fight.
I ask Faust how the Ainu adolescent is. He does not reply. Eliza, at his command, carries Pirika in her arms and sets her on a low-leveled bed. We have arrived at the Patch hospital building. Well, a small building that is. I regret for being here to see it. A trail of blood that can follow from here back to the residence.
"Faust, heal her." I plead tugging against his coat. Tears burn in my eyes for no reason. I don't want to see it. I don't want to see the look on Horohoro's face. I don't want to see that moment where any of us would have to tell him that if anything goes wrong.
"It's hard to determine if she'll live, Manta. Blood loss. Two broken rib cages. The nearest civilized hospital is hours away where we could have a blood transfusion from." Faust explains the reality of the situation. It's horrible. What were they doing? What were they thinking? Murder?
Would Tamao have known this would happen? Even if she was a novice?
"Could you do anything, Faust? Have her blood cells reproduce quickly? Anything?" Obviously not. The passages on blood cells I've read say nothing like this. It's merely a false hope I only want to hold on to. "Where is Yoh and Chocolove?"
"They left." She says. Where? "To get some help." I didn't even ask my question...She probably must have assumed that I wanted to know where they were.
Help?
I could only shiver.
What sort of help?