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Chapter 11: Reality or nightmare?

Nicrome kissed Hao hungrily, Hao bit Nicrome's tongue. "Ouch! Hey whaddya do that?"

"I'm not that easy, and I don't love you! Leave me alone"

"Hao come on! He doesn't deserve you!"

"But."

"Please accept me; you know exactly what to be rejected feels like"

"Am I making you feel like that?"

"Hao-sama, I love you so much, when you just think of him, on that person who hurt you that much and cry and don't give me the opportunity to console you, to love you, I feel so bad, shunned, like scum"

"Nicrome.you just want everything fast, you must understand I need to be alone, to forget, to be again.or at least try to be"

"I want to help you, I want you to become Shaman King, strong and brave, but with a broken heart, you'll just be sad and surrender before him, he'll become Shaman King, and all of our dreams will disappear"

"I know, I have so many people who trust on me.I just can abandon them just because I feel sad.but I do have feelings too, that's why I cry alone, to avoid my people seeing me like this, all lost, they need a strong and bold leader, who can succeed in every challenge he has"

"Yes Hao, I understand your pain, but the most fast you forget, the most fast you'll recover, and what's better than replacing the lost love for true love?"

Hao thought in Nicrome's words. He was so right in many things, but Hao didn't want to forget those golden eyes. He just hugged Nicrome and tried to smile "Maybe you are right.but.how replace someone if love does not exist between the two of us?"

"I do love you, and I'm sure you'll learn to love me"

Nicrome he is so.persistent-Hao thought while Nicrome kissed Hao's cheek. Nicrome tried to kiss Hao for the second time, this time Hao didn't bite him, but didn't correspond to the kiss; instead he pushed Nicrome gently aside.

"I'll repeat: give me time to think"

Nicrome nodded unsatisfactorily, while Hao stood up and headed where the rest of the crew was.

"Hao-sama, where were you?" asked Opacho "I was so worried"

"You better sleep, it's kinda late for a lil` guy like you" responded Hao smiling warmly, but his eyes were still red.

Opacho noticed Hao's eyes, but didn't want to make his master uncomfortable by asking, so he decided to sleep until tomorrow. ************************************************************************

Ren arrived to the opened field near the lake. He sat down to take a rest. "Hao.why did I do? It's my fault!" he said throwing a stone to the lake. He looked at himself in the lake, he frowned. "Stupid Ren! Idiot Ren!" he said hitting the water eliminating the image with many waves. "I gotta find you, I need you, need to feel your lips again, your voice asking me to stay next to you."

Ren stood up, convincing himself he didn't have time to rest, and made his way through the field, getting closer to his destination. **********************************************************************

Nicrome prepared a beautiful bed made by petals of roses and other flowers, for Hao and himself, he was so happy. "First I need to seduce him, then lure him to my nest.finally win his heart". Nicrome arrived where Hao was sleeping; he laid next to him and hugged him, smiling from ear to ear. Hao rubbed his head with Nicrome's chest, even he was sleeping. "Finally.you've returned to me." and with these words said, Nicrome slept too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ************************************************************************

Ren fell to the ground, he finally surrender and decided to continue his search for next day. Suddenly he heard some voices, Ren ran to the noise, and found Hao and Nicrome, laying in a petal bed, kissing and hugging each other. Ren felt so bad, his heart hurt, "Hao!!" he screamed pulling Nicrome away "Don't touch my Hao!"

"Oh now I'm your Hao?"

"I know I was wrong but."

"But you didn't care about my feelings; I thought you were different from the others! I loved you! You betrayed me as everybody has done! I despise you Ren Tao, and hope you burn in hell!"

"Hao.please."

"Stop playing with me!" protested Hao, tears flooding from his black eyes "I already had enough!" he stood up and ran into the forest.

"Hao!" Ren tried to chase after him, but Nicrome stopped him.

"Leave him alone! He doesn't need you anymore"

"You get out of this, not your business!"

"Of course is my business, cause I am the owner of his heart now, the one who will look after him forever, the one that really loves him!"

"Shut up!" Ren punched Nicrome right in his face and ran into the forest. Hao stood there watching to the floor.

"Hao.please listen to me, I."

"Heh.heh."

"Huh?"

"Stupid cute golden eyed babe.you are so dumb to think everything was real between you and I"

"What?"

"It was just a trap, a very good one wasn't it?"

"What do you mean?" Ren's lips shivered from fear, Hao turned to see Ren, his eyes were scary, and triumphant.

"Don't you see? I had you very busy and eliminated all your friends one by one"

"No.it's a lie!"

"See for yourself" Hao pointed to a small cave, where several corpses where there, Ryou, Lyserg, Horo-Horo, and Yoh were there, lifeless.

"Hao why?!"

"Now it's your turn!" Flames came out from the ground and surrounded Ren, the fire started consuming his flesh, and burning his bones, but Ren's true pain was in his heart.

"Hao I.!" he said with his last breath. *********************************************************************

Yoh thought where could Ren be. He was so worried, even he felt disappointed, he cared about Ren. He looked out the window, it started to rain so strongly. Yoh sighed and walked out his house, heading to Lyserg`s. Yoh arrived to a big and fancy mansion, it had a fountain at the entrance and wide gardens of roses. Yoh knocked twice before Lyserg opened the door.

"Hi Yoh, what brought you here? Come in" Yoh followed Lyserg quietly, he wasn't sure how the English boy would react with the notice Ren had a boyfriend, but worst of all, Hao was that boyfriend. They arrived to the hall. Its furniture was so comfy and came from London, a glass table was set on the middle of the room, and the curtains looked expensive all right. Many strange paintings from famous painters hung from the walls, but Yoh set his eyes on the photo at the right wall: a photo of all the boys in the beach.

Lyserg poured tea in Yoh`s cup. "Such a nice weather, it's fresh outside, why are you so quiet?"

"Lyserg I need your help."

"Of course! What can I do for you? I'll be enchanted to"

"Well, Ren left quite a while ago to."

"Ren again? He likes getting lost! You told me he lost a few days ago right?"

"Yes, but this time is worst.he went out on a search"

"What search?"

"He went out to look for his. boyfriend"

Lyserg`s eyes opened widely "Now that's new! Ren has a boyfriend?! Well, what can I say? Anyways, he is our friend."

"The real problem is who his boyfriend is"

"Let me guess. Horo-Horo?

"No"

"Um. Ryou?"

"No"

"Li Bailong?"

"No"

"Manta?"

"Hell no"

"Um.Do I know him?"

"Oh yes.and very well"

"Marco?"

"Nu-uh" Lyserg rested his head on his hand, he was thinking and thinking until finally his eyes popped wider. "Can he be.No, impossible"

"Yes"

"WHAT! You mean Hao is Ren's!?"

Yoh nodded nervously.

"I cant believe he did that to us! I trusted him!"

"He doesn't plan to leave us, just to find Hao, and apologize for a fight they had"

Lyserg was all hysteric, after half an hour Yoh finally calmed him down and convinced him to find Ren.

"Ok ok, but it's easier to localize Hao, his furyoku is so high."

"All right, hope Ren is with him.alive"

"He better be, or I'll kill that Hao bastard"

Lyserg used his telepathical powers and after some minutes, his pendulum vibrated.

"I got it!" *******************************************************************

Ok that was it!! Look forward to the next chapter, okie?

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