Would you dance with me?

Written by: Adriana –hikari-chan–

Wrote: August 24th, 2004

Disclaimer: Shaman King doesn't belong to me, ok? But Keiji and Momo do!

A/N: It never occurred to me to make a second chapter, but your reviews encouraged me to do so. This will be mainly a RenxPilica chapter, with small appearances of other pairings. This happens somewhere in the middle of the Shaman Fight, at the Patch Village. The chara's are kinda OOC, in this case, Ren, but I'll explain it shortly. Word list in case you don't know the terms I'll be using (I used them on the first chapter, so I'll have to continue with them so it doesn't look different. Hey, at least I used less than last time... n.n). Please, remember to review!!


Word list:

::: aa - yes (masculine) ::: ano - uh ::: ara - oh (femenine) ::: arigatou - thank you ::: baka - stupid, fool ::: bakayarou - idiot, asshole ::: dakedo - but ::: demo - but ::: hai - yes ::: iie - no ::: Kami-sama! - God! ::: k'so / kuso - all purpose curse, "damn" ::: mou - goodness, "geez!" ::: nande? - what the...? ::: nande kuso? - what the hell...? ::: ne? - right? no? isn't it?::: onna - woman ::: (o)nee-san / (o)nee-chan - big sister ::: (o)nii-san / (o)nii-chan - big brother ::: onegai - please :::


"Ren-kun, come on!" his sister prodded him.

"Iie," it was a low hiss. He crossed his arms and turned away; he knew damn too well that he couldn't face his sister and not comply to her wishes... yet. For he WOULD, someday, be able to say 'no' to her.

HE WOULD!!

"Ooohhh!!! Why not?" she asked whining childishly. The green-haired Taoist then threw at him a black tux. "Just try it on! I bet you'll look great with it!"

Her brother caught it and eyed the piece of clothing with disgust.

"I'm not wearing that," he argued hotly, throwing the clothes to the bed next to him, "It's embarrassing, 'Nee-san. And I didn't want to go in the first place."

Jun pouted slightly, "Demo, Pilica-chan was looking forward that you'd go."

"Urgh..." Ren's eye twitched violently as he remembered the awkward moment the girl had caused when the Patch Silva had invited them to this 'ball'. She was... outrageous! And... and... she had clung to him! The blasted onna...

.:Flashback:.

"Nande kuso?" he hollered, "You bakayarou, why should I, the Great Tao Ren, assist to such humiliating event?!" His golden eyes flickered with fury as he took out his oh-so-faithful kwan-do. He was ready to strike at the baka Ainu, but as he turned around and met his 'nee-san's scolding glance and pleasant smile, he smoothly settled down and finally gave in.

"If onii-chan goes, then I go too!" a cheerful Pilica added, clinging onto one of her brother's arms, who immediately tried to escape her grip, then onto one of his. His?!?! "You should be happy too, Ren-san," she told him, "it's going to be fun! And it looks like you haven't had fun a long, loooong while!" she said grinning.

SHE WAS MAKING FUN OF HIM, TAO REN!!!!!!!!!

"Onna, leave me alone!" he screamed embarrassed as he tried to get out of the girl's grip. His friends snickered and right then he had the need to slash everyone in two. He turned around frowning in search of help, since Horo had efficiently escaped from the girl, she now had both arms around the him. Ren panicked even more as he heard a fluttery laugh... "Nee-san, don't laugh!"

.:End of Flashback:.

His face had the slight tinge of pink. "I... don't care what that brat does."

Jun giggled to herself, only to make her little brother growl, then produced out of the room's closet a magnificent Chinese attire with black and violet fabrics and showed it to him. "Then, why not try this?"

"IIE," he decided firmly. He wouldn't budge, he wouldn't budge...

"Onegai?"

"Iie. I won't go!" He wouldn't give in, he wouldn't...

"Come one, everyone will be there!"

"So?" He asked sarcastically, his boredom evident as he leaned on the wall.

"Onegai, Ren-kun, for your big sis?" She intertwined her fingers and peered at him with one eye.

He sighed. "Alright, I'll go. But I won't use a tux!"

"Hai, hai!" she grinned, then throwing the Tao's traditional outfit at him.

He caught it swiftly and stared at it blankly. The Tao emblem was embroidered with fine thread and the fabric was soft against his skin. It was definitely one of the most elegant outfits he had. He didn't quite understand why would his sister would want him to wear it just now.

He heaved yet another sigh. Someday, he told himself, someday he would be able to say no to her.

"Ah, and, Ren-kun?" she asked once she was at the door. He turned to look at her over his shoulder and waited to listen what she had to say. "Pilica-chan will be your partner!"

"NANDE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"

Jun giggled, and Ren proceeded to hit his head against the wall.

"K'so, k'so, k'so, k'so... KUSOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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"Onii-chan, how does this look? Huh, huh?" The azure-eyed girl questioned as she whirled around with a dark blue dress pressed on her body.

Horo Horo looked at his younger sister with a bored expression. "Fine..."

"Onii-chan! Pay attention!" she scolded, "This is important! I've never been to a ball before!"

"Neither do I, and I'm not fuzzing around," he yawned lazily as he stretched his arms behind his head. He was sprawled on the bed comfortably.

"Dakedo..." she bit her lower lip. This was important... to her.

"And I'm not happy that you are going with the shark either..." he added as an after thought, sitting back straight to stare at her. He still was her over-protective big brother.

"Hey, Jun-san said Ren-kun offered himself to go with me!" She bickered, although her face grew hot.

She turned away and walked to the closet, from where she pulled out other dresses. A purple one with a skirt with many waves, a red one with tiny straps, and a strapless yellow dress.

"Ren-kun?" he eyed her warily as she discarded the rest of the dresses and decided over the spaghetti strap, blue one that she had looked at first.

"Hai, Ren-kun," she said, still not facing her brother.

"Hn... you're right, maybe I better go get ready for this 'ball' too," he said, scratching his head, when he saw her turn around and narrow her blue eyes at him he fumbled for a cover, "I don't want Tamao or that delicious food to wait for me, do I?"

"Iie, you don't!" Pilica nodded happily.

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An hour and a half later, they both heard a knock on their door. Horo grunted as his sister happily skipped towards it and opened the door to reveal a grimacing Ren.

"Ara! Ren-kun! I'm glad you arrived early!" she greeted, "I'll be ready in a sec., I'll just go for my purse, ok?"

"Whatever..." he replied blankly. It wasn't enough to make he girl's smile falter.

"Hn..." he looked away hastily from the girl. He wouldn't notice how the dress fitted her perfectly, he wouldn't notice how the blue fabric wrapped around her few curves. She was just a kid for god's sake! No, he wouldn't notice how her blue eyes had twinkled when she saw him or how her skin was so white and clean...

Horo walked past Ren, 'accidentally' hitting his friend's shoulder with his own and waking him from his thoughts. Disgruntled, Ren turned to glare at him. Horo let out a snicker. "Let's go, I still have to pick up Tamao-chan..."

Pilica came back quickly, slipping an arm around Ren's happily. Much to the boy's discontent.

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The grand doors of the ball room where opened to let them in. They had all met at the Patch hotel's lobby and arrived together at the Patch Great Hall. Silva greeted them and showed them their way inside.

Anna, dressed in a black evening dress, stood quietly next to Yoh, who was beaming proudly for some unknown reason. Surprisingly, he had his fingers linked with his fiancée's, gripping the girl's hand tightly. And said girl hadn't slapped him until now.

Horo was chattering with an unresponsive Tamao and stole glances from his sister and Ren occasionally. Chocolove bragged along with Ryuu who'd get most girl's in one night. Manta walked along Eliza and Faust, who pretty much ignored him, but from time to time, Faust looked at Manta and replied to whatever the midget had said. Jun looked around excitedly as her kyonshii laughed silently at his master antics.

And lastly, but not least, were Pilica and Ren. The latter hadn't speak at all except for the usual greetings when they met up with everyone in the lobby. He was concentrating as much as possible to look somewhere else instead of the girl that held his arm tightly.

"This is fun, ne, Ren-kun?"

"Aa," he grunted, thinking otherwise...

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She tapped her fingers impatiently on the table, leaning her head on her other hand. She let out a breath of exasperation. "Mou! Ren-kun, aren't you gonna ask me if I want to dance?"

She looked at him and then at the couples in the dance floor. Yoh-san and Anna-san where already there, along with her brother and a red beet Tamao-chan. She even came to conclude that Eliza and Faust were the first ones to start dancing.

"Iie," he answered firmly. This time, there wouldn't be one soul in this planet able to change his mind. Jun was one thing, but he'd never EVER do something for a little brat like this Ainu girl. NEVER. Not even if she started pouting like she did, and then started complaining angrily at him. No, he wouldn't...

"Maybe you don't know how to dance!" she suggested, trying to taunt him.

"I do," he answered plainly.

"Prove it then!" she challenged, but he merely looked at her evenly.

"I don't want to."

"Argh! Ren-kun!" she yelled tiredly, then raising a brow to study the serene looking boy. "Fine then. I'll look for someone who is willing to dance with me!"

She stood up from the table, leaving the boy slightly shocked. Did she just leave HIM? AH!! What did he care! He frowned, crossing his arms as he saw Pilica get near the punch table.

The blue-haired girl walked around the ballroom, not really knowing what to do. So she had thought of getting something to drink.

As she was taking a last sip from her soda, a blonde boy with the greenest eyes she'd ever seen came up to her.

"Are you on you're own?" he asked intently. She smiled and nodded.

"My name is Kamiya Kouji," he provided, "and yours?"

"I'm Usui Pilica, it's a pleasure to meet you," the azure-headed bowed slightly, her hair falling around her face as she did.

"The pleasure is mine," he grinned, the offered his hand in a boyish fashion "Say, Pilica-san, would you care for a dance?"

And just as she was about to answer, a swift tornado took her away from him... A tornado?

"What are you doing?!" she exclaimed angrily as she felt herself being dragged towards the middle of the dance floor. Immediately recognizing the boy thanks to his hair-do. "Ren-kun!!!"

The Tao heir roughly slipped his arms around the Ainu girl's waist and pulled her closer to him.

"You came with ME, you'll only dance with ME," he stated simply and throwing her a look.

"Anou, but, Ren-kun...." She flushed as his words sank in, then looked embarrassedly at him.

"Hn. Shut up and dance!" The Tao squeezed her hand reassuringly, and the slightest hint of a smile graced his features. Barely a curve in his lips.

"I..." she looked uncertain, "Okay."

They danced along the crowd, getting glances from their friends who looked at them weirdly but made no comments. The song was neither too fast nor too slow, the lyrics blended perfectly with the music, and Pilica even found herself murmuring the words.

"Arigatou, Ren-kun," she told him when they were still moving along the music.

He looked down at her; surprisingly enough, he had grown past summer enough to over-height her by a couple of centimeters. Oh, Kami-sama, how much did his friends had teased him about his short height... Ren motioned her to continue.

"I'm glad you came with me."

Ren gazed at her with the fondest look she'd ever seen from him, except when he looked at Jun-san. It was a looked torn between sympathy and gentleness. And he could only nod at her as his face came closer...

The song was slowly coming to an end.

"Thanks for dancing with me," he muttered silently and snapping out of this trance. He promptly let he go as soon as the song ended.

Pilica stared at him openly before she laughed heartily at him. He glared at the girl, irritated; he was still confused at to what had come over him...

"Ah, but Ren-kun, the night's not over yet," she told him, smiling warmly.

Ren stared at her blankly, then questioningly. The azure-eyed girl smiled and nodded.

He looked far away from her and offered his hand.

Pilica was grinning as she was lead to the dance floor, yet again.

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"Momo-chan, this isn't fun," her partner complained, "I had too much trouble with this one!" His blue wings flapped quickly as he posed on the branch of a tree.

The pink fairy nodded in agreement as she too sat next to him. "Although the girl was pretty easy to convince," she told him. The female fairy sighed, "This shamans are different from the rest of them."

"Let's try on those two, ne?" They faced a boy with spiky, blue hair that had been dancing previously with his friend. The boy was now sitting in a round table, eating everything available in the buffet, next to him a pink-haired and ruby-eyed girl sat meekly while smiling softly.

"Hai!"


...TSUZUKU...


If you noticed I said that Ren had grown up. First, because I wanted him to be taller than Pilica, and secondly because there's a time when boys are around 13-15 that they grow up a lot. Also, please do notice I didn't put Pilica's introduction with Kouji in Japanese, I thought you all might hate me if I did. HEHE... n.n See you in the next chapter!


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