A/N: YAY! A LONGER CHAPPIE! This one is more exciting than the last lol. Hey! Next chappie I'm thinking of doing a camping trip! So keep reviewing! R&R PLEASE!
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The Love Of A TaoChapter Three: The Paper Store!
Ren looked around at the shop he was stood in. The shelves were littered with different kinds of wrapping paper with all sorts of patterns and colours on them, the variety included a girlish pink wrapping paper that looked awfully familiar...
"Can I help you?" Asked an old man around the age of eighty, appearing behind Ren.
Ren nodded. "Yes, I'm looking for some wrapping paper for my mother, it's her birthday soon you see."
"Ah," the man nodded, "I see, so, what colours does your mother like?"
Ren shrugged, "she likes nature if that's of any use."
"Well then," the man chuckled for no apparent reason, "maybe some light greens or sky blues."
Ren watched as the man stood on a stool and removed some light blue packaging that Ren thought ideal for his mother.
"Aren't you a little old to be working? Shouldn't you be retired?" Asked Ren, taking hold of the shiny blue paper that had clouds dotted here and there.
The man sighed and stepped down from the stool.
"That is true, ma' lad, the previous owner of this store was a good friend of mine, and I'm looking after it. You see, he's dead, he was attacked by some crazed arsonist that tried to take some wrapping paper, and… Well… He died early yesterday morning in hospital from sever burns."
Ren was about to make a comment when soft tutting could be heard from behind him.
"Tragic…Just tragic…" said the voice.
Ren spun around to see Hao standing there; trying to look as sorrowful as he could without showing the smirk that Ren knew was there.
"I'll bet the arsonist is a real bastard," said Ren coldly through gritted teeth, glaring at Hao, who in turn made a mock gasping sound as he tried to look hurt.
The old man nodded, apparently not hearing Hao's gasp. "So, do you want that wrapping paper?" He asked.
Ren nodded and took some money from his pocket, but before he paid for it Hao interrupted.
"He wants this one two!" Said the 'crazed arsonist', placing some pink wrapping paper on the counter.
"Oh?" Asked the shopkeeper as Hao nodded.
Ren nodded too, knowing that if he didn't pay for it then there would be another burnt body of an old man for hospitals to work with.
As the two shamans stepped outside, Ren frowning dully and Hao smiling happily, Ren decided to confront his follower.
"Who do you think you are, following me and getting me to pay for your junk!"
"Now, now Renny-kins, remember your blood pressure," taunted Hao, "you need to stay alive long enough to find your Kwan-dao remember?"
"Fuck my blood pressure, and fuck you!" Cursed Ren, turning a deep shade of red.
"Mm, yes please," Hao licked his lips, doing his best to annoy the frustrated boy before him.
Hao noticed that a tiny crowd had gathered around them as people stared, he grinned evily as Ren walked off, desperate to get away from his current follower.
"Ren!" Cried Hao, falling to his knees and holding out his arm to the boy of whom he spoke, "don't leave me!"
Ren froze, what the hell is he playing at? He thought angrily, doesn't he know were in public! Doesn't he know were both MALE!
"I know I said some nasty things," Hao continued, "but I'll change! I swear! We must stay together! For the sake of our baby!"
Ren paled as he looked back at the Asakura boy, ready to kill him if it was the last thing he would ever do.
As he looked back on the boy on the pavement, he saw that with his hair over his face and his cape wrapped around his front, he looked kind of… Feminine.
Uh oh, thought Ren, if he fools the public in thinking he is a she then it's going to make my life hell!
"Hey you!" Shouted one man, "get your ass over here and pick this little lady up! She needs you, you filthy bastard!"
Before Ren had a chance to tell the man the truth Hao had lifted himself from the floor and was now shaking the man violently.
"TALK TO MY REN LIKE THAT AGAIN AND I'LL KNOCK YOUR BLOCK OFF GOT IT!" Screamed Hao in the mans ear.
"Hao!" Yelled Ren, "stop it!"
"Ok," smiled Hao cheerfully as if nothing had happened as he let go of the man, he strolled over to Ren's side and looked caringly at him, "whatever you say Renny-kins."
Ren flinched and walked off around the corner.
As soon as Ren was out of sight Hao summoned the Spirit Of Fire and an ear-piercing scream echoed down the street as he ordered it to devour the man who had insulted Ren in flames.
Suddenly Ren burst from around the corner,
"What happened?" He demanded.
Hao just shrugged.
"Dunno. One minute were all fine, shaking hands and laughing about it, the next he just screams, like this: AAAAAGGGHHHHHHH!" Hao screamed in Ren's ear, causing him and some passer-by's to jump. "And he dies… The oddest thing isn't it?"
"Oh…?" Ren raised an eyebrow, "so where's the body?"
"It was devoured by flesh-eating rats that needed it to feed their queen." Hao told him in a matter-of-fact tone.
Ren sighed.
Yoh had told him about Hao's wild imagination and his love for horror stories, but this was just ridiculous.
"So, what's the paper for?" Asked Hao, looking at the bag that Ren held, "can I carry it for you?"
"No." Ren knew all to well that Hao would either burn the contents or run off with it, and most likely hide it in the same place as his Kwan-dao.
"Can I carry you then?"
"No!"
"How about-"
"JUST STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Yelled the Tao at the top of his lungs.
Once again side effects kicked in as a mouse squeaked it's last squeak and a baby cried, and yet again Ren fell silent while Hao just laughed and smiled with glee.
As Ren walked away Hao stayed stood in his position, the smile still on his face.
Love you, Ren, he thought, still smiling as he tried to hide the fact that he felt deeply hurt at this present moment.
Hao sighed, not wanting to piss Ren off so that he would yell at him again, even if you hate me… I still love you.
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