Ok...I have to clear something out... It's about who made the previous chapters (except chapter 7) and who continued it. We are different. She is my cousin and she used my account and what a shit... she made a shit outta me! She pretended that she is me... and tried to immitate my style and even tried to speak chinese (she's japanese)... but nah... it was just something I want to remind. Anyway, I tried to think about what can I type and cannot find anything but just this so this may suck...

anyway, apologies to people 'she' fooled.

Disclaimer: I don't own shaman king and the charcters but just the plot

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Chapter 8: THE TRUTH

Monday came, it was just a usual day as students were in school. But not for Pirika...

She simply stayed on the rooftop while evryone listens to every bullshit thier teacher yells. She was kicked out of the room for not listening.

She stared at the dark gray sky as his last words kept haunting her mind.

Dont expect me to come here again anymore...

Quit your whining, I'm tired of it... I admit I fooled you. I just used you to fill the emptiness in me...

Sore, aishteru koto iwanakatta no wake ga...

"Why?..." Thats the only word she kept repeating to herself.

"Why?"

She can't cry another tear anymore... Her eyes were numb enough to cry another tear...

"What did I do?"

She just stood near the edge of the rooftop, asking herself why. She just stayed like this for hours and even after dismissal. She thought that it was better this way, no one could see her and mock her again, and she could stay in peace.

Evening came... darkness started to fill the sky. But it never made her go away. Even if it's raining. She just sat down the ground, letting the droplets of rain pour down onto her strengthless body.

After a while she started shivering, she felt cold as if she's going to have a chill. But all of the sudden, she felt like something blocked the rain from falling down on her. She looked up to see the sister of the bastard who smashed her heart, Jun, covering her with an umbrella.

"You'll get pneumonia if you'll force to stay longer..."

(inside the Tao mansion)

"I'm the one who brought you back here in Japan." Jun said as she sipped a cup of green tea while sitting in front of Pirika inside her room.

Pirika kept silent, head bowed. She's wearing a white chinese kimono and white pajamas. She just stared at the bowl of hot congee in the table served for her.

"You should eat that. You have been out in the cold and I know you haven't eaten anything since breakfast."

Pirika glanced at the bowl of congee. She slowly took the chopsticks, lifted the bowl and pinched a piece of meat through the chopsticks and placed it in her mouth.

"Good. You should finish that bowl." Jun said. She let her finish before finally speaking out...

"I'm sure the conflicts happening now bothers you a lot."

Pirika looked at Jun.

"I really intended to bring you here to tell you everything, and ease the turmoil in your mind. I know you don't wanna hear anything about Ren... but let me tell you something..."

A frown started to appear in Pirika's pessimistic face as Jun mentioned the name Ren.

"Ren is currenlty in the hospital. Do you remember when the two of you met at the rooftop this Saturday? 'He shouldn't be there that time'..."

The things she heard made her more eager to listen.

"He should be taking a rest in the hospital to heal the fatal stab on his back. But he tried his best to sneak out just to see you again..."

"Usotsuki! (Liar!) To see me or dump me?" Pirika finally spoke out after a couple hours of being speechless.

"Let me finish first. He tried to sneak despite of his critical situation just to see you. I knew every single sharp words he told you but you're totally cluless what's behind those words and the truth behind this tormenting situation.

(FLASHBACK)

"You're just getting too stubborn..." En plunged the kuan-dao on Ren's back, letting it bleed.

"Ren!" Macchi ran to Ren and let him lie on her lap, trying to ckeck if he's still concsious or if he's still ok when suddenly Jun came standing at the topmost stair-rail (if that's the term, I really don't know what to call it).

"PAI LONG!" She commanded Pai Long to attack the kyon-shi that knocked Pirika down. She jumped down and threw enough o-fuda's to stick to each one of the kyon-shi army's head to calm them.

The kyon-shi army gave way as Jun and Pai Long walked towards them.

"So you came..." En said, throwing the spear away.

"O-... Onesan..." Ren managed to stand up but he can't, he was just assisted by Macchi.

"You're too late..." Ran said, fanning herself, still sitting on the couch as if nothing happened.

Jun commanded one of the kyon-shi's to take Pirika away. "Macchi, take Ren to his room and ask the maids to take care of his injuries..."

"No! He's staying here! Macchi, you better go alone." En yelled.

"B- but..."

"I SAID GO!"

Macchi reluctantly nodded and carefully placed Ren down the floor before running away.

"What did you find wrong with Usui to start all of this mess?" Jun asked.

"Tch... you're still as stubborn as your brother... why don't you ask your father?" Ran said.

"Why won't you try looking between their gaps?" En stated.

"So you think that's reasonable to torture kill your son?"

"Why not?"

"If then, Why don't you do it on me instead?" Jun said, getting her o-fuda's ready.

(END OF FLASHBACK)

"That's the reason why he had to stay in the hospital... but above all the sharp words he told you, there's something they never wanted you to know..."

(FLASHBACK)

(At the dungeon)

Despite of all the deep, fatal injuries Ren had, he was still chained on the wall, still under his father's torture.

"YOU BETTER KILL ME! There's no way I'll accept a relationship with a bitch I didn't even know!" Ren yelled just to find himself being lashed for the 98th time.

"You're damn difficult huh... so you want yourself dead than to be parted with that good for nothing slut?"

"DON'T DARE CALL HER NAMES! These damned mansion and riches could never take the value of her!"

"SHUT UP!" En gripped his neck, choking him to death. He stared at him fuming with anger... but after a while he finally started grinning evilly... "Oh.. yeah, I can't kill you... of course you're my 'beloved' son."

"I had a nice idea! I'll set that slut free, isn't it nice?"

"I knew you want something..."

"I'll set her free! I won't do anything! I promise! BUT! In one condition... you should accept Matilda... AND! try to forget ANYTHING about that slut, if you won't follow..."

"Grrr... I knew it..."

"Don't worry... I won't kill you! But... I'll just simply take 'hers'... how's that?"

"Ki- ... KISAMA!"

"I'm serious, young man... I'm really going to kill her if you'll keep bugging her, so, Agree?"

"NEVER!"

"Then... (snaps fingers)" Suddenly a kyon-shi came carrying the unconscious, long, blue haired ainu, and threw her in front him.

"I'm going to cut a slit on her throat using your beloved weapon of choice, how painful..."

En aimed the spear on Pirika's neck.

"NO! J- just kill me instead!"

"That's out of our agreement. for the second time, agree or disagree?" En drew the spear closer to her, letting its blade touch her smooth neck. Ren bowed down his head, shut his eyes tight as tears started to flood down...

"Agree..."

(END OF FLASHBACK)

Pirika cupped her mouth with her hands, eyes widened in shock.

"I guess it's just too stupid to continue being mad at him now that you know the reason 'why'…"

Pirika still doesn't know what to feel…

"I wasn't around the time Ren was tortured in the dungeon. I was also chained in the other cell with Pai Long. You were also inside the dungeon unconscious with Ren, But later, Chin came and freed us…"

(FLASHBACK)

"If you had a plan to rescue your brother, he's chained on the dungeon, unconscious, flooding w/ his own blood. Don't worry, En had finally left."

"Thanks…" Jun said and started to run with Pai Long.

"Wait, I just wanna let you know… I'm not doing this because I'm on your side but I'm not also on the other side, it's just that I found that torture sounds sensless…"

Jun had finally rescued Ren and Pirika and tried to sneak their way back to the jetplane when they passed by En's room.

"So have you convinced him?"

Jun heard Ran asked En. Jun stopped for a while and stood behind the enormous door to listen.

"(sighs) He's damn difficult, but yeah, I did…"

"How?"

"I just made a simple deal… a simple deal involving his 'partner's' life…"

"Good… anyway, what really convinced you to agree on Matilda being Ren's fiancée? Just because of her abilities, fame and wealth?"

"Yeah, particularly on fame and wealth…If he'll marry Matilda, her name can hopefully be useful to restore our former glory…"

"It's totally impossible… after all the things that happened before, you still think that simply letting your son marry a rich girl with the name will restore our former glory? Her name is not enough!"

"That's because that bastard lose in the shaman fight and that was the only chance we had!"

"So you already know that we are hopeless! Why won't you stop torturing your son and let him live his own life the way he wished!"


Now, you know? Well... sorry guys, I don't really know what to type cuz I'm not the one who started this fic and I am still working on another fic and besides I can only write humor/romance fics and not drama so, really sorry for the lameness...

Anyway, if you review, I'll really, really, really try my best to improve, REALLY!