Author Notes: I would like to thank everyone for giving me helpful reviews. Now I want to fill in people about the novel The Mists of Avalon. The Mists of Avalon is about the Arthurian legend told from the perspective of women. Avalon is essentially an island that was ruled by druid priests and priestesses. The Mists of Avalon follows the life of Morgan. Morgan is of the royal line of Avalon and she is gifted with the skills of foresight. The story follows her life and follows the life of Lancet (A.K.A. Lancelot), Arthur and Gwenivire (fix). More continues in next issue.
Warnings: This story will contain Yaoi so if you are anti-gay or simply anti-yaio don't read it. I don't own Shaman King, Mists of Avalon or Shogun. I only own my OC (sort of) so don't steals him please. Also I know I am bad when it comes to tenses so I will read this over once but don't expect miracles… okay, also I am trying a new approach to editing so please tell me if you think it worked well. PLEASE REVIEW!
The Journey Begins
It has been a whole week since the unexpected guests have arrived. The Ainu Horo had not provide any useful information and Father Stephenson has not allowed me (Ren) to question the other one. Father Stephenson always makes some excuse about being too tired or busy discussing the Bible. It is rather frustrating, dealing with all of these idiots. Whenever I went to see Horo it was impossible to deal with him, he is so dense. These days I feel a dark presence growing ever closer and I still have no idea what's happening. The most aggravating part was that En placed Father Thompson in charge of the other one. It aggravated me so much that I could barley see strait.
One rainy night as I sat in a deep meditation I heard the clack of horse hoofs. It was a load smash and I soon deduced that it was a messenger. I stayed in my mediation until the great oak doors started to squeak. It was a slow silent squeak as if they weren't trying to wake anyone. I slowly stood there wiping away my soaked hair from my face. Like lightning I quickly grabbed my Kwan Dao and pointed it at the door. When the person came in he said in a low voice, "Hello master Ren… I have a message for Master En"
Ren smirked and said, "Why are you sneaking in? Have you deserted the Emperor who you have sworn your allegiance to?"
The scout said," No, No... I did not want to wake any one up. I did not mean to give you the wrong impression."
Ren's smirk changed it into a slight frown. Ren soon said, "Fine go wake the guards" the messenger stood still "Well get going!" Soon the messenger ran in the direction of the guard quarters.
A couple of hours pasted. En was awake and now he sat alone in his grand hall. Ren stood close, while En's closest advisors sat waiting for a war counsel to start. Ren is extremely aggravated because first of all En had the audacity to ask Father Stephenson to be apart of this war counsel and then he only allow Ren to stand on the sidelines. Ren stares at his father's advisors and then sat silently until the rest of En's generals arrived. The meeting was now going to begin.
En sat in his great chair as he said in a calm voice, "Now we all know why we are here… I have been called to the capital because there are rumors that the Japanese are going to invade. However, the more pressing topic is that the Emperor has asked me to bring our special guests… Now the question for you all is: should I bring them or not?"
Ren as well as the rest of council stared at En flabbergasted. Finally one of En's oldest and wisest advisors spoke out and said, "Master En how did the Emperor find out about these guests?"
En then looked at his advisor and said, "I do not know, is there anything important that these boys may know that we don't? Or did someone tell the Emperor"
The room stood silent and En finally yelled out, "This is the greatest minds of the Tao… you are telling me that no one has any ideas?"
Then an eruption came form each advisor and Ren simply tuned them out until one said, "What about trade connection?"
Another advisor said, "What if they are spies?
Finally Kai, En's oldest and wisest advisor, said, "What if they are shamans or have some type of special skill."
En raised his eyebrow and said, "Are they shamans or avatars? Could this be a possibility? Ren?"
Ren smirked and said, "The Ainu may be a shaman, but the other one I am not sure… I have not spent much time with him. Father Stephenson may know."
En looked at Father Stephenson and then said kindly, "Does this boy have any skill that might make him valuable to the Emperor?"
Father Stephenson nodded and said, "Yes there could be a possibility that the boy might be very useful to the Emperor." En gave Father Stephenson a gesture to continue. "Well they say that people of Avalon have magical powers, like they can see the future. It is amazing to believe but that boy could be able to see the future, but I don't know… I have not discuss it with him, excuse me my Lord."
En nodded and said, "Well now dose this boy have these skills or not?"
Father Stephenson replied, "I don't know my lord."
En looked disappointed and said, "Fine we will bring them, we leave tomorrow… the message says that it is extremely urgent and that we have to get there as quickly as possible. We ride tomorrow at dawn. Get the boys ready...the meeting is over"
A couple of hours have past since the meeting was declared over. Ren was ordered to deal with the annoying Horo, while Father Stephenson dealt with Kiyu, as Father Stephenson pointed out to Ren earlier. It was dark in Ren's chamber, while Ren waited for Horo to arrive. Bason quickly appeared to warn Ren of Horo's arrival. As the door slowly started to squeak Ren sent out a cold stare.
Horo entered the room bound with two guards escorting him and he finally said, "Wow… this is huge. God you must be rich."
Ren looked at Horo and threw him a cloak and said, "Put this on… you idiotic farm boy."
Horo looked at the cloak and said, "What is this for?"
Ren looked at Horo with disgust, "We are leaving for the capital in a couple of hours… so you better get ready."
Horo said, "What the hell… why am I going there?"
Ren smirked and said, "That is none of your business… all you need to know is that you have been asked by the emperor."
Horo smiled and said, "Okay, but he wont get any favors out of me."
Ren smacked Horo and said, "You will not speak ill of the Emperor!" Ren disliked the emperor severely but he was no traitor, however he admired his courage because there were two guards behind him with spears pointing at his back.
Horo blushed and said, "Sorry" Horo bowed, "I meant no disrespect."
Ren looked at him and looked in to his eyes and smiled. Horo looked at Ren and said, "Is there something on my face?"
Ren looked at him and blushed slightly and said, "Nothing is on your face… just be ready to travel in a couple of hours… okay." Ren quickly receded into his shell of isolation and became as cold as stone instantly.
Horo nodded and said, "Okay… how long would it take us to get there?"
Ren nodded and said, "It will take a couple of days on horse back, however you will be moving with my sister, you will arrive in a about a week. Enjoy." Ren thought of the pleasure he would derive from his sister agony because of her encounter with Horo, however knowing her she would make Horo into one of her loyal pets.
Horo nodded and said, "Okay? Will that other boy be there?"
Ren looked at Horo and said, "Yes that boy will be there" Ren sent a glare to the guards, "Watch the prisoner while I prepare for the trip." Ren left angrily thinking to himself, 'why did he mention that other boy, are they friends'? Ren quickly dismissed the idea and prepared for his long journey.
Ren could not believe this strange sensation that was engulfing him, as he walked away form his camber. Anger, Hater and this other mysterious emotion engulfed Ren. Soon Ren was lost in his thoughts slowly moving towards his other room. As Ren entered his other chamber he found Bason waiting for him. Ren looked at Bason and asked, "Are you ready? We are leavening soon so I don't want any dilly-dallying. Got it!"
Bason looked at Ren and said, "yes! I am ready to leave when you are."
After a couple of hours of prepping The Tao household was ready to leave. As Ren walked out he saw his father waiting for him and as he approached his father and his guards En glanced at Ren and said, "You will be going along with your sisters caravan."
Ren looked and said, "What did you say?"
En said without even looking at Ren, "You are to go along with your sisters."
Ren looked like he was just robbed of man hood. En looked at Ren and said, "There will be no discussion about this topic. No go along with your sister and be a good boy, while I go ahead… I will see you up ahead at the capital."
As Ren stood with Bason, he watched En ride off into the horizon. Ren started to be pulled into a deep quiet anger. Ren slowly became engulfed in his rage and quietly stood waiting for the caravan to start to move. Ren thought to himself 'how could En treat me like that. I am no kid… how could he treat me like that. I can't believe him argh why dose it have to be like this. I truly hate him. I am warrior not a little kid who need to be with his sister.'
Suddenly someone tapped Ren's shoulder. It was Kiyu smiling: however his hands were bound. Kiyu kept smiling at Ren, even when Ren gave his famous "I want to hurt you severely" look. Kiyu just kept on smiling as he said, "Anger is something that dose not help anyone… anger only leads to more anger."
Ren looked at Kiyu with more aggravation. Kiyu just kept on smiling as he said, "Just because your father treats you with no respects, dose not mean you should do the same to other. After all, you treat him with the same amount of respect. I do not wish to show you any disrespect my lord, but it is quite obvious that there is some animosity between you two."
Ren looked at Kiyu and said, "How dare you talk to me like this. You, You ignorant, idiotic priest!" With the mentioning of the word priest Ren felt a sharp pain appear on his face and the sound of broken ropes
Ren glanced at Kiyu's hand, the hand that had slapped him. Ren erupted with rage and said, "How dare you… how dare you touch me! How Dare You!"
Kiyu's eyes erupted with an equal amount of rage as he yelled, "How dare you ignorant pompous fool call me a priest. I am not a priest, how dare you assume that I am priest. To me all the gods are the same. If you had any depth beyond being a fighter you would notice that. I came here to try to be sympathetic, but you treat me like garbage." Kiyu spits in Ren direction and mutters something in language Ren cannot understand.
Jane interrupted them and said, "You to stop your bickering. Now get ready we are leaving. Guards rebind the guest and make sure they are tighter this time"
Soon the caravan left. Horo and Kiyu are surrounded with guards; they are both wearing simple cloaks to cover their faces and clothing. Jane sits in her pagoda as her guards pull her along. However, Ren rides his horse with Bason on his left still fuming in anger. On the horizon stands Father Stephenson looking at the party as they disappear into the horizon.
Within the shadows of the Tao castle a dark presences sits in a deep mediation. The shadow seems to intensify as they move closer to the greater dark presence. A shadow speaks in an unidentifiable voice, "The fracture has started. The only force that can stop us is under our control. It is a matter of time before we rule the empire. However, I suggest that you speed it up a bit."
The dark presence opens his eyes and says, "Yes I understand my lord. I will do your bidding."
End of chapter
"Hello darkness my old friend I've come to talk to you again." (The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel)
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