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Notes: According to pronoun-antecedent agreement when you don't know the gender of the antecedent you should use the masculine pronouns like he or him… and I thought that if I always use he/she or him/her all the time I'd just make it longer and a bit confusing so that's the reason why I used he or son in referring to Pirika's child since we still don't know if it is a she or a he… sorry I'm not really that of a genius back in our English classes...

Okay sorry for the typographical errors and for the looooooooooong wait…

But wait no more for here's the next chappy…

Chapter 4

Everyone couldn't sleep in the onsen that evening though the night breeze gave a delighting whisper making anyone drift into dreamland… but who could blame them… since all know very well that in that particular night a certain Hao Asakura was sleeping within the four walls of the onsen.

Horohoro couldn't stand the thought of letting Pirika sleep with Hao that night… he's still furious and if it wasn't for her sister Hao would surely be ready enough for the next ice age… or worse.

Ren, on the other hand, also couldn't hit the sack. He was still muttering something about not being there when Pirika needs him, and another thing about Hao's a perverted maniac… and muttering again about… he's a total idiot and more curses that would make us tremble.

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Since he was thinking about that all night, Ren slept for only a few hours… as soon as the sun peeks over the horizon Ren stood up, get dressed and went to Pirika's room… just to check on her.

He stopped though. When he was in front of the room's door he can't seem to manage to knock on the door.

He gathered up all the courage he could muster and breathed heavily…

He raised his hand preparing to knock… but before he did so the door of the room suddenly opened… revealing Hao's smiling face!

Ren opened his eyes in a shock! In just a glance he noticed that Hao only had a towel on wrapped around his lower parts. His muscular chest was revealing, with some tiny drops scattered around him… as if just getting out of the shower.

Ren then started to think of a thousand and one curses about Hao in his head… deciding on which one to articulate first.

"If you're looking for Pirika… she's still sleeping soundly. I didn't know that she would get tired that easily… but I must also consider that she's still young, ne?"

Ren's eyes suddenly looked sharply at Hao with ire and fury written all over his burning jealous face.

"Did you just go out of the shower?" Ren asked, for some reason that he didn't know. He just was curious in spite of the hatred burning inside of him.

"Actually… no… I just woke up sweating all over. I think I also got very exhausted too… what do you think?" Hao asked, teasing Ren intentionally.

Ren just kept his anger in, if he punched Hao to death then Pirika would get mad at him and that's the last thing that he wants to happen… if he shouts at Hao then Pirika would surely wake up… and he didn't want to disturb her…

And so the best thing to do is just ignore it and go…

Ren turned around and walked towards the hall, obviously going downstairs to eat breakfast.

"Ren's pissed as I can see… I never thought I'd enjoy this… a lot." Hao smiled as he leaned on the door, crossing his arms and feeling contented about everything.

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So breakfast was finally served by everyone's favorite cook –Ryu.

Everyone finally went down and grabbed a plate… it was another feast inside the Funbari onsen… everyone was just in a jolly mood… well that was before Hao and Pirika went down.

"Ohayou everyone!" Pirika greeted as everyone answered back happily.

"Pirika! I reserved a seat for you." Horohoro declared tapping the space beside him.

"Okay, oniichan." Pirika said but as she walks towards her brother Hao's hand suddenly stopped her.

"There's a lot of space over here Piri why waste your energy going there if we could settle here." Hao said as he gestured Pirika to sit down.

Pirika was then left with no choice but to sit down.

"Pirika! I'm your older brother sit here…" Horohoro interrupted before Hao could sit beside Pirika.

"Oniichan… please bear in your puny mind that Pirika is pregnant… I don't want her to get tired easily because of your selfishness." Hao said to him.

"ONIICHAN! How dare you call me that!" Horohoro shouted suddenly standing up. Tamao instantly tried to stop him.

"It's easy to comprehend that I'm soon going to be a part of your family since I'm going to be Pirika's husband. Since you're her elder brother I should respect you too… oniichan… Horohoro." Hao said mocking him with a smile.

Horohoro even got angrier and this time Ryu and Chocolove also helped Tamao to stop him.

"Please oniichan…" Pirika finally spoke up, "let's all eat. I don't want to ruin everyone's day by starting it like this."

With that Horohoro shut up, fixed his shirt and sat down abruptly. He then rolled his eyes to the meal served in front of him, trying to recall something. He then reached out for a certain dish.

"Hey Pirika, here's your favorite. Want some?" Horohoro offered, with a genuine smile on his face.

"Thank you oniichan." Pirika answered at once, but even before she could get it Hao took it, making Horo's face turn sour again.

"This is your favorite… interesting." Hao said as he gave Pirika some of the strips of bacon from the plate.

"Thank you Hao. That would be enough." Pirika said and with that Hao stopped, and started cutting the bacon into smaller pieces. He then took it and held it before Pirika's mouth expecting her to eat it.

"H-Hao… you shouldn't…" Pirika said blushing.

Everyone was just eating quietly. It was only Horohoro and Ren who were staring at whatever Hao was doing.

"To hell you shouldn't! That's my job!" Horohoro shouted at him.

"You already have a Tamao, so from now on I will do this." He then turned back to the blushing Pirika, "don't be shy, I know you're hungry. Open wide."

Pirika opened her mouth and ate the bacon on Hao's chopsticks and chew it.

"Chew slowly, so you wouldn't choke." Hao said caringly.

Hao continued to do that the whole time making Ren almost break his chopsticks and Horohoro freeze his glass of tea in his trembling hands.

Yoh just looked at his friends and sighed.

Tamao just looked at Horohoro's hands still shaking in anger she then gathered up all her courage and held his hands lovingly.

Horohoro turned to her finding himself looking into her pink worried eyes.

Horohoro tried to smile at her, he hates it when Tamao's all worried and looking like that.

Tamao then nod, her lips curved a bit into somewhat a smile.

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That night Horohoro went to Pirika's room only to find Hao sitting by the window.

"Are you looking for me or for her?" Hao asked looking innocently evil.

"Let's talk." Horohoro said seriously. When it comes to her sister there is no room for fun and games anymore… even for just some lighthearted fun.

"About what?" Hao inquired, feeling a bit curious about what Horohoro will do now.

Horohoro then sat a few meters away from him.

There were so many things written all over Horo's mind that time that Hao enjoyed scanning everything about it on his mind.

Hao smiled, knowing that this will be one of those older brother things… those things that he never shared with Yoh.

"You may start… Horohoro." Hao said attempting to mock him by not teasing him.

"First of all… what is your plan for my sister?" Horohoro asked.

"I plan to marry her… that's all. What's inside of her womb is a Shaman fit to be the Shaman King. I can't take his body now however I know that with him I shall continue my legacy." Hao explained.

"You're saying that Pirika will have a boy…" Horohoro said, not helping himself to get excited about the child's gender.

"I'm not sure of the moment. She wants to have a girl but I want a boy. But whatever gender comes out from her will do. Even if it's a girl… she'll still be the strongest shaman any pitiful human would see."

"Do you love her?" Horohoro then asked.

Hao was suddenly silenced, thinking for a moment.

Horohoro got angry again.

"If you can't answer that simple question then why on earth did you do that to her?" Horohoro shouted.

"Because…" Hao said, considering that answer to suffice his question.

"Because what?"

"Because… that's all I got to say. If you have a problem with that then I don't care anymore. I will still be the father of the child anyway whether you like it or not."

"Hao!"

"Besides I know that you want to be a part of the Asakura clan too Horohoro. The Asakura family is known for a hundred of years to be powerful shamans and being a part of our clan is an honor for an Ainu like you. And after the way I treated her this morning, I know you think that she doesn't need you anymore." Hao explained, putting the words right in Horo's mouth.

"I hate you! Mind-reader!" Horohoro shouted as he stood up and left the room quietly.

As soon as Hao knew that Horohoro was gone he started to laugh and for some reason he loves being a pest to his brother's friend…

"This just keeps getting better and better."

Hao's fans: I'm not a fan of Hao… so if I hurt all those Hao fans out there… Gomen Nasai… don't worry I'll mix up a Pro-Hao fanfic one of these days… to compensate for the mean treatment I've been doing to our beloved Master Hao… I promise.

Thank you again for reading my fic… and please review… actually I didn't eat my lunch just to write this one… my allowance is just enough for every meal I have for one day but just for all of you I'm willing to sacrifice so please review… that's the only thing that makes me happy nowadays,

ARIGATOU!