Prince Meets Princess

Author's Note: I had some people wondering what the ΒΌ signs are. I, myself just found out, there when I use three periods, I'm not sure why it did that, it might have something to do with my formatting.

Chapter Two: The Perfect Bride.

Yoh sighed deeply as he pulled open his bedroom door. He had a lot to think about, and not a lot of time to think about it. Apparently the whole kingdom knew about the girls arriving, some of the nobles had nicknamed the girls, "the Brides." Yoh didn't know why, or how they found out, he guesses his parents told them.

Yoh walked to his bed, a bed he would soon share with his new bride, he had three mouths left of being single and free. His only hope was that the girls were at least pretty.

Yoh already had is perfect bride laid out, he wanted a challenge. He didn't want a girl who'd just fall madly in love with him on sight. And of course he'd like a pretty girl, not that it mattered, but It'd be nice. He wouldn't mind having a girl with some power, someone who understands the shamanic world.

He also wanted a woman to love him not his title, but of course in this day and age, it was one in a million to find a girl like that, even if they were already a Princess.

Yoh sat on his bed and fell back, would he find his soul mate in these three girls or would he be forced to marry someone that he didn't love. Yoh didn't fancy a life with a woman he didn't love, and it wouldn't be fair to her, especially if she loved him.

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Across the ocean in China, the future clan head of the renowned Tao clan prepared to go to Japan to find an appropriate Bride. His father refused him the head long enough, Tao Ren desperately wanted a bride to claim the position in his clan.

Tao Ren didn't care what his future bride looked like, so long as she would agree to give birth to his heir, then she could go sleep with every guy in Asia for all her cared.

Ren had heard that the Prince of the Asakura court was going to have three girls he'd have to pick from. They would do nicely, it's not like Asakura Yoh could marry all three, so Ren would chose the pretties of the two remaining.

Tao Ren's plan was fool proof, even if the girl fell in love with him. Ren would never dream of falling in love, 'love' was beneath him, just as woman were. Woman were good for two things, housekeeping and the production of heirs.

Of course Ren had to successfully meet and convince one girls to come back to China with him, that was going to pose a problem, considering the Taos have long been The Asakura's rivals. Not to mention, what girl in their right mind would want to marry the future head of a clan when she could have the future Shaman King?

But Ren had no doubts in convincing a girl to return to China with him, most woman fell to his feet begging to be his wife, why would Japanese girls be any different? No matter where the women came from, they were all the same. A handsome boy was all it took, and Ren was handsome, and smart, and wealthy. The ingredients for a perfect marriage.

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Yoh was nearly asleep when a soft knock jerked him from his slumber. "Come in." Yoh said groggily as he moved to sit and stretch.

His bedroom door opened revealing two people, both had sky blue hair. One was male and the other female. The girl had long blue hair and bright blue eyes, while the boy had short spiky hair with the same blue eyes. They looked to be brother and sister.

"Konnichiwa!" The girl said bowing deeply, causing her long flowing hair to fall down beside her, "I am Princess of the Ainu." She said rising.

Yoh nodded, so it had begun, with the arrival of the first princess. "I am Prince of the Asakura Court." Yoh said with an accustomed bow.

The young woman smiled, "And this is my Onii-chan, Prince and Heir to the Ainu." She said indicating the blue haired boy next to her, "Konnichiwa." He said with quick bow.

Yoh smiled sheepishly at the two, "Welcome to Izumo." Yoh said brightly.

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I let Ren in earlier to allow for character building. I'm changing a few things around, like Pirika will be the only actually Princess. For all you that have read this fic before, I thank you for reading it again! And for the new people reading it, just ignore my rambling on the difference between this fic and the old one.