Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King.
Seating Arrangement of Class:
Miss Tao Jun's Desk
Chocolove Fangirl No.1 Jeanne Ren Macchi
Hao Anna Yoh Pilika Mari
Horo Horo Fangirl No.2 Lyserg Fangirl No.3 Fangirl No.4
Run for the Class President!
By Joyce
Chapter 10 And The Two Shall Become OneMiss Tao had told the classmates of Room D12 that they would get the results of who would get to be the class president by the next week. Today was now a Thursday and tomorrow was the voting day. Every one of the candidates were trying their hardest to advertise themselves. Because the most popular candidate, Hao, had resigned at that time, the person in the lead now was the great Ren Tao. Little did he know what was going on behind all his successfulness...
At the Tao Mansion: China"I think our guest has arrived," said Tao Ran, turning to her husband.
"Yes, of course," said Tao En, "I have already told one of the zombies to greet him at the front gate."
"Well, let's all get ready and go to the meeting room then, "said Tao Jin, walking out the doorway.
His son and daughter-in-law followed him to the meeting room. Once they were all seated, a zombie opened the door again and led a guest inside. All the Taos stood up to show their respect to the guest.
"Welcome, welcome, Mr. Usui, please be seated," said Jin, indicating to a seat beside him.
Mr. Usui, a big bearded man, slowly sat down at the seat beside the elderly Tao.
"May I ask what business have you here for me today?" asked Mr. Usui.
The Usui family and the Tao family had been allies for a long time. Typically, Mr. Usui was a friend of Tao En. Mr. Usui was currently the owner of the Emmemarimo, one of best hotels in the world. Needless to say, he was a billionaire. The Taos, being rich, often liked to go to stay at the Emmemarimo Hotel. So, when the Taos asked Mr. Usui to come visit them at the Tao mansion, he was surprised. Usually, they came to come see him at the Emmemarimo, but he rarely went over to China to visit them.
En gave a slight chuckle.
"That is very typically you, my friend Usui. Always straight to the business," said En, smiling.
"Well, I don't see why not," replied Jin, clearing his throat, "so let's go straight to the business."
"You must be wondering why we called you here today," continued Jin, "the reason concerns our heir for the Tao family, Ren."
"Hmm...yes, yes, I see...what about him?" asked Mr. Usui.
"You see, our son, Ren, is now 14. It is a tradition for the Taos to get engaged when they are 15. And Ren is turning 15 on January the first. It is still September, but we feel that we would like to get a head start and get our son engaged as soon as we can, so as not to let him get a girlfriend on his own before that," En explained slowly.
"Hmm, yes, yes...but, may I ask, what does that have to do with me?" asked Mr. Usui, a bit confused.
Ran, who had been keeping quiet all this time, spoke up.
"It does have to do with you, Mr. Usui! It has to do with you a great deal!" she said, "you see, you have a daughter, her name is Pilika, I believe?"
Mr. Usui let the information sink in. He fully understood now.
The Taos want their heir to get engaged with my daughter!, he thought, a bit surprised.
"Y-yes, I have a daughter called Pilika. Are you suggesting that your heir and my daughter get engaged?" Mr. Usui asked.
"Yes! Absolutely, Usui! It will be a great union! As you know, we Taos own lots of land, correct? And you are the owner of the famous Emmemarimo, correct? And the union of Ren and Pilika will bring great benefits to both of our families! You can start more of the Emmemarimo hotels on our land!" said En, grinning excitedly.
"My son is absolutely right," said Jin encouragingly.
"Not to mention, it will strengthen the ties between our families," Ran quickly added.
Mr. Usui thought about it for a moment. He personally thought it was a great offer.
Hmm...yes, yes, this is a great deal. More land equals more hotels equals more money. And the benefit of strengthening the ties of our families...hmm...yes, yes. But, the only problem is, will Pilika go with our wishes? These thoughts of Mr. Usui ran through his head.
"But...what about Pilika, my daughter? What if she refuses to get engaged?" asked Mr. Usui, a worry creasing his forehead, "and same for Ren, what if he refuses?"
"Aw, old pal! Don't worry about that! You see Ran and I here? We were an arranged marriage couple. And we ended up loving each other anyway. Isn't that right, my darling?" chuckled En good-naturedly and turning to smile at his wife.
"Of course, my darling," Ran smiled back, "I love you!"
Mr. Usui and Jin smiled at the loving couple. It was this scene in front of him that made Mr. Usui decide to give his daughter to the Tao heir.
"Well, what is your decision? Do you want Ren to be engaged to Pilika?" asked Jin, smiling, even though he already knew the answer.
"Yes! Yes, of course!" replied Mr. Usui excitedly, "but wait, what if your Ren already has a lover? Because in that case, it wouldn't be fair for my Pilika because I know that she doesn't have a boyfriend."
"Don't worry, Mr. Usui. We have already taken that precaution. We have already sent our daughter, Jun, to Japan to look over Ren to make sure that he doesn't get a girlfriend or flirt with anybody besides Pilika. Not to mention, we have already asked the Asakuras for their cooperation to watch after Ren," Ran replied with a smiling face.
"Yes, yes, great, great! And one more question, how will we get them together for the engagement ceremony?" Mr. Usui asked.
"No worries, Usui. Jun will take care of all that," En smiled cheerfully.
That night: Usui Apartment: Japan
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Horo Horo walked over to pick up the phone.
"Hello?" he said into the receiver.
"Hey, son, is that you?" asked a burly voice.
"Hey! Father! How are you?!" cried Horo Horo excitedly when he recognized the voice of his father.
"I'm fine, son. I have something to tell you, Horokeu," said Mr. Usui, "and I will ask you not to freak out, please."
"What is it? What is it?" Horo Horo asked excitedly.
"Pilika is getting engaged to Ren. Ren, your friend, the Tao heir, you know?" replied his father calmly.
"WHAT?!" shouted a hysterical Horo Horo into the phone.
"Hey, I told you not to freak out, son. It's a normal part of life. Your sister is getting engaged. Oh, and don't forget to tell her, okay? Oh, oops, sorry, Horokeu, I gotta go now. Their's a customer here. I'll talk to you later, okay? And don't forget to tell your sister that she's engaged. Okay? Bye!" said Mr. Usui before he hung up the phone.
Horo Horo stared at the phone after his father had hung up for a long time.
OMG. OMG. OMG!!! What?! What the heck?! Pilika is getting ENGAGED?! To Ren?! What?! Ren just said sorry to me today for kissing Pilika but now he's getting ENGAGED to her?! What the HECK is going on?!, thought a very shocked older brother of Pilika.
The door of the living room opened and in walked Pilika.
"Hey? Horo? Brother, what happened?" asked Pilika worriedly when she saw her brother staring at the phone in his hand hysterically.
Horo Horo looked up at his sister and stared.
"Hey! Are you okay? Who called? What happened? Did Tamao dump you?" guessed Pilika.
That brought her brother out of his unconciousness.
"No! No way! Why would TAMAO dump me?!" defended Horo Horo.
"Okay. Then what?" demanded Pilika.
Horo Horo gulped then slowly put the phone in his hand back onto the receiver.
"You...are...engaged...to...Ren..." he said slowly.
Pilika's eyes grew wide.
"W-what?! Did I just hear you say I got engaged to Ren?" asked Pilika, unsure.
"Yea, sis. You heard right," replied her brother barely above a whisper.
A very shocked scream of the blue-haired Usui girl rang through the night.
At the same time: The Tao siblings' Condominium: Japan
"Ren, will you PUH-LEASE stop your training for a MOMENT and LISTEN to me?" cried Jun at her training brother.
Ren ignored his sister and continued to swing around his kwandao. Drops of sweat slid down his face and he quickly shook them away.
"REN! STOP IGNORING ME OR I WILL TURN YOU INTO A ZOMBIE! NOW!" screamed Jun.
Ren sighed and caught his kwandao. He brush away the sweat from his eyes then look up at his sister.
"Okay, what do you want?" he asked coldly at his sister.
"Hm. I don't WANT anything. I just have something to tell you. You won't like it," she grinned evilly.
Ren glared at his sister.
"Does it have anything to do with why you followed me to Japan instead of staying in China?" Ren asked with an unflinching stare.
Jun met her brother's stare squarely.
"You are absolutely right, my dear brother," she continued to smile slyly, "I was sent here to look after you."
"I don't need any looking after. I AM stronger than you, you know," replied Ren, clearly annoyed.
Jun tutted and shook her finger at him.
"No, no, no, Ren. Not THAT kind of looking after. I'm not here to see that no one bullies my sugar plum," said Jun sweetly.
"Sick. Don't call me that," said Ren, more annoyed now.
"Whatever, sugar plum. I'm calling you whatever I want," she stuck out her tongue at him, "and the real reason I'm here is to make sure that you don't get a girlfriend."
Ren stared for a few seconds, then recovered.
"What?! To make sure that I don't get a girlfriend?!" he asked, a bit shocked.
"Absolutely right, sugar plum," replied Jun with satisfaction.
"What?! That's stupid. That sucks. I'm not interested in getting a girlfriend," said Ren hotly.
"Hah. Not interested? How about the day you French-kissed almost all the girls in the class?" asked Jun with supposed victory.
"Whatever. Never mind that. I wasn't PLANNING to my any of those girls my girlfriend. I was just playing around," Ren replied in his defense.
"Hm. Yea, whatever, sugar plum. Anyway, I'm here to make sure you don't get a girlfriend or have any attachments to any girl, because you're engaged," said Jun casually.
Ren was clearly shocked now.
"WHAT?! ENGAGED?!" he almost shouted.
Jun giggled slyly.
"Yes, of course, my sweet sugar plum. The Usui family and our family has already arranged the engagement. The engagement ceremony's on Sunday, which means that you have to resign from being a candidate for being the class president even though the voting's tomorrow. Because there's going to be a pep rally on Monday and the class president has to arrange the pep rally over the weekend. And you're busy with your engagement ceremony over the weekend, so, you have to resign," explained Jun with a satisfied smile on her face, "anyway, good night, Ren, I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed."
Then, she started to walk away.
"Wait. Jun, wait," stopped Ren, his face now pale.
"Hmm?" said Jun, turning around her head to look at her brother.
"What was the last name of my fiancé again?" asked Ren shakily.
"Oh. That. How could I forget to tell you?! You're getting engaged to the daughter of the Usui family. She's in your class. She's Pilika Usui," replied Jun, leaving Ren standing there, rooted to his spot like a statue for a long, long time.
Joyce: Did you like that? Yea, I know, it was a bit boring, but...Please, please, please review!:D I need more reviews! And more ideas! 'Cause I'm having a writers' block! Oh, and also, if you guys didn't know: Tao En is Ren's father, Tao Ran is Ren's mother, and Tao Jin is Ren's grandfather and Mr. Usui is Horo Horo and Pilika's father. And, again, thanks for all your past reviews and support!:D:D