Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King and the characters. Sorry for the typo errors… I'm also sorry for what I did to the last chapter… Taki was a little…more description, less action as what I would say… don't worry that little pervert would be valuable in end... he's gonna appear again
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Chapter 5
Pirika was still thinking about it… about her dream, about Ren and about the guy that he saw in the hospital when she woke up. They all look the same…
"Could it be? The man in my dream, the guy in the play and in the hospital… he's one and the same… but who is he?" Pirika muttered.
She then went to the vase where Ren's flower were… and smelled them…
"I hope he's the one... I hope that cell-o-scope fortune telling is right. I wonder what's his name? Where he lives? What he likes in a girl?" Pirika kept on thinking. She then suddenly squealed in delight as she rolled in her bed.
"Oh… my mystery man… he has such wonderful eyes." She said as her heart throbs faster.
The very memory of him makes her blush a lot with a weird feeling inside of her as if she would burst…
But her thought bubble of Ren suddenly did burst when she heard a call from one of their maids.
"Miss Pirika… your mother is in the garden and is waiting for you." The maid shouted.
Pirika then glanced at the mirror first to fix herself and with that she ran down towards the garden cheerfully.
When she got outside she saw her mother drinking her juice in one of the metal chairs enjoying the peace and quiet. Pirika then went to her and kissed her in the cheeks. After that she sat down on the chair opposite her mother. The small table was full of biscuits and cakes… with a glass of juice for her.
"You seem happy today my child?" Mrs. Honda noticed.
"Of course I'm happy mother. Father said nice things about the pictures I gave him about the play… and…"
"And?"
"And… mother do you believe in destiny?"
Mrs. Honda then cupped Pirika's face while smiling gently.
"Of course… destiny has given me your father and you. I'm so thankful."
"Really? If you say there is such thing as destiny then I believe you." Pirika smiled.
Just then a sudden feeling crept to her… it was as if someone was looking at her from afar. She then turned her head to her left as she tried to see clearly. She noticed a form hiding in the trees but was not certain if it was real or just an illusion created by the leaves shadows… her heart started to beat faster again… as her eyes slowly came to see a man hiding there… and in a queer way she seems to know him… her mind started to search but nothing was there though her heart was pretty sure that the man in the shadows was no stranger to her especially to her heart.
"Something wrong dear?" Mrs. Honda suddenly asked.
"Nothing mother..." Pirika snapped as she took a piece of biscuit and biting it, "maybe I'm just hungry… where we're we?"
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Meanwhile outside the gates of the garden stood a guy that was just inside Pirika's mind a while ago… you guessed it… Ren! Pirika was not hallucinating, there is someone concealing himself in the shadows… someone that is not different to her heart.
He was just standing there, hiding his figures in the shadows of the trees. He was just watching Pirika, nothing more… he was standing still, looking directly at the girl… watching her every smile, every giggle and every motion… just watching her.
"I once swore… now I'm going to fulfill my promise… and I'm going to make sure that somehow you'll remember me. I love you Pirika… that's the only thing you need to know." Ren muttered as his eyes were still focused on her.
Ren was starting to sound and to act like a stalker now but he doesn't care… though his friends don't know anything about this emotion inside of him he still continues to love the girl in his own ways… ways that only he can understand.
"Ren…" Somebody then called beside Ren. Ren who was startled by the voice almost jumped from where he was standing.
Ren then saw that it was none other than Horohoro and at once he began to panic.
"What are you doing here? This is not what it seems. I just passed by and…and…" Ren tried to reason out as his face was blushing all over.
Horo just smiled and turned to the direction where Pirika and her mother were.
"Look at her." Horo said, turning very serious again.
Ren followed his sight and saw that he was looking at Pirika, like what he was doing a while ago.
Pirika was happily talking with her mother; the two were laughing merrily and seem to having a good time.
"That's what I want for my sister… to be happy, to have everything she wants and to live comfortably. I want her to finish her studies without worrying about impending doom, evil Shamans or even Hao." Horo said while still looking at Pirika, with that a smile curved in his face.
"Even if she doesn't know you?" Ren asked.
"Yes… that's okay with me. I'm sure that she doesn't need me and I can still have that field all by myself… it's not that I don't need her… like is said she just doesn't need me." Horohoro said becoming sentimental again, a thing that Ren really hates.
"Pirika is like a tiny flower bud waiting to bloom. She's so weak and fragile that only a gust of wind could take her down. She needs to be watched at all the time, to be pampered, to live in a beautiful house, and to eat all the foods that she loves to eat. I think I did the right thing." He added.
"You're really an idiot! I can't understand you… you're crazy." Ren just said and without another word he left again.
"The walk-out king had left the area again…" Horo just sighed.
He then looked at Pirika once more,
"Me too… I can't understand myself sometimes…" he muttered to himself while smiling mischievously as if something is up in his mind.
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The next day Pirika went to school again there she noticed that Taki and his gang changed all of a sudden as if a magic wind blew towards them. But she doesn't notice it that much, she was still thinking about the horoscope… because the 'one thing in common' she was looking for was still a mystery to her.
"What was it?" Amanda asked when they were talking about it on their way out of school.
"I don't know… our eyes are neither the same color nor our age. Definitely not our hair… what do you think?" Pirika asked.
"Or maybe he is not the one for you."
"Stop that Amanda… but maybe you're right… then who is?" Pirika asked, worrying as they were just going out the school gate.
"Look at that guy… isn't he cute?" Amanda suddenly said when she noticed something beside the walls of the gate.
Pirika then looked at where Amanda was looking at just to see a boy, older than her, dressed in an Ainu clothing, and was sitting in behind a laid cloth full of tribal knickknacks.
The boy then looked at Pirika and their eyes met… all of a sudden without warning Pirika felt a cold shiver down her spine, it wasn't because she was frightened because it was more of joy… suddenly her heart started to jump…her eyes widened with surprise…
'why?'... the only question in her head.
'I thought I like my mystery guy… but why do I feel like this to this guy I barely know.' Pirika thought, her eyes shaking.
She wanted to talk to him, know his name, everything about him… though she doesn't know why…
"Maybe… that can't be… he's my destiny." Pirika whispered.
"Remember Pirika in everything you do… I love you." A voice suddenly echoed in her head… a distant memory that suddenly flashed upon the sight of the vendor.
"The heart knows when it's home… you'll know who's your destiny because your heart will feel it." Her mother said to her when they talked about it in the garden.
"Look… you two have things in common…" Amanda suddenly whispered in her ear, "Like your blue hair." She added leaving her stunned.
"Well g to g… y'know gotta go. Bye girl." Amanda finally said. Pirika then waved at her and with that Amanda took off leaving Pirika there.
Pirika then went nearer to the things the blue-haired boy (which was Horohoro) was selling. There were beads, necklaces, key chains, charms and bracelets made from real Ainu artifacts.
"What do you want young lady?" Horohoro asked grinning.
Pirika looked at everything he was selling and all seems interesting that she just can't choose.
Pirika blushed a bit, picking out a headband engraved with a queer design.
Horohoro was a bit surprised by the item that Pirika picked out because she used to wear the same headband…
"Good choice… you know the designs engraved there was created by Ainu hands and was believed to bring good luck and happiness in love." Horo said winking at her.
Pirika then giggled.
"How much is it?" She asked.
"For you it's free." Horo said without hesitation.
"Are you sure?"
Horo nodded.
"Thanks by the way my name is Pirika… Honda." Pirika introduced extending his hand.
As soon as Horo heard the name Honda he was a bit sad… he was expecting to hear Usui rather than Honda.
"My name is Horokeu Usui… you can call me Horohoro for short." He said while shaking Pirika's hand.
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As soon as Pirika went home she went to her room at once and locked the door. She knew her mother wasn't home yet and so she was alone. Her heart was still pounding very fast. She was a little bit shaking… then without any warning… she shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Miss Pirika… is there anything wrong?" Pirika suddenly heard from the door.
"Nothing… Lorena… sorry." Pirika said and with that the maid from outside left her alone.
Pirika then started to dance around being so happy all of a sudden. She didn't felt like this when she met Ren but… she was still confused.
She then went in front of the mirror and put on the headband she got. For a while the girl in front of the mirror looked very familiar.
"This headband… it seems so comfortable. I like wearing it!" Pirika proclaimed as she twirls around.
"But Horohoro… why do I feel something… weird… about him. I must meet him more… maybe he's the one my horoscope told me about. Maybe… my mystery man is not my destiny… maybe he is."
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What's this Pirika having a crush at Horo or is it just brotherly love? Well she doesn't know that Horohoro is her brother… but who is that Horoscope referring to? Who is her destiny?
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