The Ainu and the Tao


Summary: Ren has been acting weird lately, especially around a certain Ainu girl, though no one really pays it much heed. However, when Pirika gets so angry at him that she says something very cruel to him, his reaction is one that no one some would have expected.

Genre: Romance/Drama

Written By: Sevetenks, the Ultimate Fusion


Hika-chan: Seve-sama wishes he owned anime's like Shaman King, but he does not.

(Mostly POV)

Sevetenks: Whoever commented on the use of the word "hunky", don't get mad at me. I thought Pirika was too young for "hot" and I really don't know what hunky means, I heard it on TV… Ah well… This chapter's kinda YohNa-ish… Nothing from Pirika, and a paragraph or two from Ren.


The Ainu and the Tao

Yoh Asakura P. O. V.

Today had been a fun day. Me, Horo Horo, and Ryu had been training out in the backyard, and now we were enjoying a nice dinner. I, in Manta and Ryu's words, was shamelessly flirting with Anna, which I doubt. And if I was, she was flirting back!

Well…

Okay, so I was shamelessly flirting with Anna and she was calmly flirting back, very subtly though, so she wouldn't seem too girly. Anyway, we were flirting, and the rest of the table was eating and talking. Well, Horo Horo and Ren were arguing, but the fact is, they're friends, so I know it's all in good fu-

"SHUT UP!"

I blinked. I think everyone at the whole table blinked, and turned to stare at Pirika.

Anna Kyoyama-Asakura P. O. V.

Yoh was flirting with me. Was I angry? No. Was I going to slap him? No. Would I have done so during the Shaman Tournament? Yes. Now that we're husband and wife, well… That wouldn't have changed anything. On our wedding night, confessing our well hidden love to each other, well, that would definitely change something.

Actually, if he had started flirting with me during the Shaman Tournament, I would have probably done many things out of character, such as sing, jump up for joy, etc. Well… I still inwardly do that sometimes when Yoh does something sweet, like last week when he cleared everyone out of here and we had a candlelight dinner. It was really wonderful…

Anyway, Yoh is flirting and I am "flirting"… Ugh, girly word… Anyway, we're doing that. Ryu and Manta are teasing Yoh, though he doesn't mind, Pirika is teasing Tamao, and ice boy and point head are arguing. Not like that's something new, but I have a feeling if they really disliked each other, they would have tried to kill each other a long time ago.

I hadn't been paying attention to what they actually arguing about, but it was obvious that Ren had called Horo Horo something, from the dialogue of the argument.

"Yes, you are a-"

"SHUT UP!"

Huh? What's wrong with Pirika? I glance at the girl, who's glaring furiously at Ren.

"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS PICK ON ONII-CHAN? HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU! I BET THAT YOUR 'OH SO TERRIBLE DADDY' WAS A NICE GUY COMPARED TO YOU!"

My eyes widened, slightly and involuntarily. I knew more about the Tao's then most, since at one point I had tried to stop Yoh and the others from saving Ren. That was an extremely low blow, and a cruel remark too. Ren's face was unreadable, because he ran out of the room. I don't think anyone else saw them, but I think I might have seen a tear or two.

Ren Tao P. O. V.

I am worse then father? Am I that bad? I don't think so… But, she said I was. I've cared about her since I saw her for the first time, though it was small at the time. But since then I've been crazy about her and always valued her opinion. Well, about everything but her brother. I only poke fun at Horo because it's fun, and from what I can tell, Horo fells the same way.

But… Maybe I'm wrong?

But inevitably, to be compared by her of all people, to my father… It feels like someone cut up my insides.

Is that how she really views me?

Bokuto No Ryu P. O. V.

"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS PICK ON ONII-CHAN? HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU! I BET THAT YOUR 'OH SO TERRIBLE DADDY' WAS A NICE GUY COMPARED TO YOU!"

I could not believe it when I heard those words come out of Horo Horo's younger sister's mouth. That was something even Hao would not have used against someone. Okay, he might have if necessary, but still. I had recently noticed the way Ren looks at the young girl, so I think that might have possibly crushed him more then if anyone else had said it. I wanted to go after Ren, but Horo Horo seemed to have that part going well, so I turned to look at Yoh-sama. He knew well what Ren's father En was like, after all he put us through in that castle of there's.

But did Pirika actually know what happened on in there? Well, Yoh-sama is actually glaring somewhat at Pirika, he values his friends greatly, a great thing about him. Looking at Yoh-sama's glare though, I see how he and Hao are related.

"How could you say something like that?" snapped Yoh, looked past Pirika as if she were some sort of ugly creature that he was being forced to speak to. Or at least that's how it looked to me, I can not read Yoh-sama's expressions as well as Anna-sama.

"Um… What's the big deal exactly…?" stammered Pirika. My expression softens when I see confusion and guilt written all over her face.

"I do not think she knows the full story Yoh-sama." I said gently. Then, Yoh and I, with the help of Anna, told the history of the Tao's to Pirika.

End Chapter Two


Sevetenks: Yeah… The next chapter is fluff (and probably the end, I'm still tinkering with a/the chapter afterwards) And by the way, I happen to like Ryu. He's cool, so chances are he won't be bashed by me. Unlike most other people… (Or they're just not doing a wonderful job at including him or writing Ryu in character, I don't know)

Sevetenks, the Ultimate Fusion