Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King… I'm just reminding you.
Thank you again! Please continue to support me… the end is near.
Horohoro is much different than Hao… for once he's nicer to me than that onmyouji.
So let's give Horo a chance to speak before the story…
"Micelle doesn't own Shaman King, nor the song accidentally in love from Shrek 2… she just owns the plot though… please continue to support her. She's really a nice gal and a very determined aspiring writer if you ask me. I hope you like this story." Horo said with a grin. He then winked at me after that statement, making me blush.
Sigh. I really don't own anything… even your heart. I whispered as he goes back to the Tao mansion.
Okay so here's my 9th chapter… I just want to let you know how much I love my Master Horo, though he doesn't know that. I love him so much that I even let him say to you the disclaimer. Hope you enjoyed reading this and thank you for reviewing it.
Chapter 9:
So Pirika's overprotective oniichan finally came to bring her back to Japan. Although the pain growing up in her heart was starting to become unbearable for her she still kept that smile on her face –mask that fooled them all.
"The only way I can stop this stupid feeling is to get away from him." Pirika told herself while her brother was talking to Tamao on the phone.
As soon as Tamao arrived she and her oniichan would go aboard one of the Tao's planes and go back to her homeland.
She sighed.
'Leaving doesn't really mean forgetting.' She should know better… she once pretended to be cupid!
She was still in her reverie when someone knocked on the door. As soon as Pirika opened it a jumpy, excited and merry Horohoro greeted her.
"Why do you look so happy oniichan?" she can't help but ask as Horohoro danced her around.
"Miss Jun Tao invited us in a dinner tonight! Meaning free food Pirika, FREE FOOD! She said it was like a party for you… what did you do here that made almost all of the Tao family members like you?"
"I don't know oniichan. I think we should really get ready."
"Yeah. I think I'll borrow one of Ren's tuxedo or something to wear for dinner." Horo thought and without any more answer from Pirika he dashed off to Ren's room.
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The night then fell and darkness scattered all around China, as the masters of the Tao mansion prepared for a dinner in a fancy restaurant.
"Pirika! We're going to be late! Hurry up!" Horohoro shouted as he ran like a child in the corridor.
"Easy for you to say oniichan! Try wearing a gown for once." Pirika shouted at him.
Too late, his brother was already on the ground floor.
"Pirika! Hurry up!" Horohoro shouted as Pirika hastened her steps.
Finally she found herself on the grand staircase. Everyone's eyes then gazed upon her. Jun's, Pai long's, her oniichan's and Ren's.
Ren stood there agape with awe. Pirika's hair though not tied was still beautiful as ever. She was wearing a simple light blue gown that was obviously mandarin-inspired. She wasn't wearing any make up too but her natural beauty was captivating enough to make the Tao's heart skip a beat every time she makes a step. She was a doll! She was surely the apple of Ren's eyes.
"Hurry up, Pirika! We don't have all night." Horo scolded obviously getting annoyed by the way Ren look at her sister.
Pirika nodded and hastened her step, but that was a wrong idea… walking briskly just made her step on her gown and slip.
Ren was about to run to her but he was too late…. Horohoro already caught her.
"I only told you to hurry up, but that doesn't mean that you should get yourself hurt." Horhoro said.
He was very caring and very protective. Somehow the Tao was jealous. He was once like that on the girl. But now it was Horohoro on his place.
'Well, I have no right really… it was his position in her life from the very beginning. Who am I to hope for more?' He shook his head trying to erase the thought.
"I'll be careful. I'll never let myself fall again." Pirika answered giving another meaning to her second statement.
Does she mean that she'll never let herself fall in LOVE again?
Ren was obviously annoyed. Horohoro's arrival signifies that he would never have the chance to protect that porcelain doll ever again.
"Let's go. You're eating up too much time." Ren said stiffly as he turned back.
Horo then let the girl down and ran to Ren to start bugging him again.
Jun and Pirika then exchanged smiles and with that they start to walk.
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As soon as they sat in the chairs all of them except for Horohoro were all quiet.
The waiter then took their orders and when they received their orders they all finally got quiet. It such a wonder what a bunch of gourmet meals can do to a gluttonous Ainu.
Then they ate some more.
Horohoro then noticed a small orchestra on the side making him smile a little. He's up to something again but nobody seemed to notice. He quietly rose up from his seat and went to the orchestra.
"Can you play something new aside from that crappy music?" Horo asked while his mouth is still full.
"Is their something wrong sir?" the manager approached at once, upon seeing this.
"Nothing… it's just that I want to hear something new."
"Okay sir. Now may I suggest going back to your seat?"
"Okie dokie." Horo agreed and he walked towards his seat.
The manager then was thinking of a song to please the audience's request but before he thought of an idea… Hao came in.
He instantly walked up to the manager then whispered something. The manager nodded smiling. Then Hao, the manager and the conductor talked to each other.
Ren's eyes tried to be glued on the food but he just can't control it. As soon as he lifted up his gaze he noticed that the Ainu's blue eyes were looking at him.
The music then started as Hao grabbed the microphone.
The violin played, the bass, and the trumpets all mixing into a familiar harmony…
"So she said what's the problem baby? What's the problem I don't know? Well maybe I'm in love. Think about it every time I think about it. Can't stop thinking 'bout it?" he sang as the female audience swoon at his voice and charming smile.
"Is that Hao Asakura?" Jun asked, as Horo was staring at him with mouth agape.
"I didn't know he could sing?"
So Hao was the main reason why the two didn't noticed that Pirika and Ren were staring at each other… drowning in each other's thoughts.
"How much longer will it take to cure this? Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love. Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love."
Ren: So you'll leave tomorrow.
Piri: I can't turn back now… I'm really leaving.
"Come on, come on. Turn a little faster. Come on, come on. The world will follow after
Come on, come on. Cause everybody's after love."
The song was sung in a very slow tempo almost making it sounds more like a classic. The audience hung to each word Hao sung.
Ren: I'll miss you. Don't you know that? I'll miss the feeling of having a younger sister, a person that I'll take care of, and a friend beside me. I may not say this before but you're the greatest thing that happened to me. Seeing you leave tomorrow will be the greatest grief in my life. I'm not going to go to Japan again… and so I will not see you, again. Oh why does losing you is more tragic than losing the Shaman King throne? What is it that you have that makes me go like this?
Piri: I want to tell myself that after this I will stay out of your way but I just can't. I'll forever treasure those moments we have for each other… those simple glances, those gentle touches even those words you say every time you shout at me. Ren Tao you can never be like my oniichan… because you're more than him… you're Ren Tao. I think I'm falling for you but I didn't mean to… I once told myself that I would never fall to a man like you. It's maybe because I would fall for you… the original, one and only Ren Tao.
"So I said I'm a snowball running. Running down into the spring that's coming all this love. Melting under blue skies. Belting out sunlight. Shimmering love. Well baby I surrender to the strawberry ice cream. Never ever end of all this love. Well I didn't mean to do it but there's no escaping your love." Hao then took out the microphone from his stand and starts to walk around the restaurant.
Ren: I want to stop time and make this moment last forever like that time I held your hand. It was very warm and loving… for the first time Pirika I valued a woman outside my family but now I think I'm letting go of that woman.
Piri: please stop staring at me. It's making it harder for me to leave.
"These lines of lightning mean we're never alone, never alone, no, no. Come on, Come on… move a little closer. Come on, Come on. I want to hear you whisper Come on, Come on. Settle down inside my love. Come on, come on . Jump a little higher. Come on, come on. If you feel a little lighter. Come on, come on. We were once upon a time in love…………………
We're accidentally in love. Accidentally in love (x7)."
"Accidentally…. I'm In Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, Accidentally (X2) Come on, come on. Spin a little tighter. Come on, come on, and the world's a little brighter. Come on, come on. Just get yourself inside her love ...I'm in love."
Hao then took a bow. The audience applauded. Ren and Pirika snapped out of their trance. So as not to be noticed they also joined the clapping crowd.
After his performance Hao suddenly disappeared leaving everything back to normal.
"Wow! Did you see that? He was sensational… if I didn't know him I would surely say that he's a singer. Right Pirika?" Horo exclaimed.
"Uh… yeah oniichan." She just nodded.
"Maybe Hao should quit trying to be a Shaman King and just become a singer." Jun added.
"You're definitely right." Horo agreed and the two started laughing while Ren and Pirika seem clueless of what just happened.
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The italicized part was for the thoughts… the two may be just thinking those lines but they seem to be talking. Words that the hearts speaks are words only the heart understands…