Seductive Lies
Shadows:shifty eyes: They're all out to get me… I know they are…
Kitty: Calm down. It's only insomnia… And you'd better not fall asleep on the job this week. Whilst we're here, Shadows does not own Shaman King…
Shadows: Insomnia? Never, I don't suffer from sleep loss... :yawns: I'm under the influence of Avril Lavigne today, anyone else seen her new video to 'He Wasn't'? Not that she normally doesn't dance around in a pink fairy outfit...but it's still hilarious...
Kitty: Paranoia...Again...Get writing, some of Hao's POV might get you awake a little more...Note that the start of this chapter contains events that are actually a flashback. They also contain content that is a little, dirty...
Shadows: Caffeine...Must...have...caffeine...Got any? If you make me a cup of tea, I'll get writing. Speaking of said chapter, here are my replies to my reviews...And with that, I'm going to get writing. No doubt, you want me to continue where I left off...Tell me you didn't enjoy that flashback...
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DragonStorm85: I can tell you and I are going to get along nicely...Well here's the next instalment in the plot, and yes it's going to get thicker than a fresh banana smoothie...Enjoy the flashbacks, I plan on using more...
Azalee: Whoa, chill out! I agree, twincest is up there with yaoi and lemons when it comes to favourite reading materials... Speaking of said materials, here is yonder chapter. And I recommend cutting down on the sugar...
Seddy: Here is your continuation! Expect blood, gore, twincest, love triangles, shaman fights, deadly spears, and a lovely young Chinese shaman by the name of Ren...Note why the fanfic is rated R...
Inulover4eva: Too damn right, Hao is one sexy bastard:drools: I think Hao's been there and done that with Anna- or is that part in this chapter! I dunno, read on to find out...
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Kitty: Now, I do believe Hao has some seduction to do...And this is the part where Shadows does her favourite little plot twist by throwing in another storyline, and thickening the plot of the current one...Yeah, she's a bitch like that...
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Chapter 3 – Not So Different
He could feel it around him, it was like being underwater and being able to breathe...Then there was whoever was in front of him, stroking his cheek, running his fingers through his hair, touching their lips together...
It was like being in another world, a world where it was them, and only them. He could barely focus on what was around him, only what was in front of him. That was sheer bliss, heaven that only he could experience. That bliss was touching, feeling, giving him what no other could.. He could sense the growing tension beneath him, and the release above him...It was like a single kiss melted away everything, the world, the people in it, everything...He could experience him, and only him...The tension was still building, but strangely, it was as if he'd waited his whole life to be aware of this sensation...And yet it was still fleeting, only barely there, as if he wasn't completely responsive to it all...But then the kisses began again, with little moans and whimpers emitting here and there. The tension was just too much...
"You're mine. And don't you forget it."
And then he licked his lips, and tasted the cold metallic blood on them...
Yoh woke in a pleasured rush, shock and pleasure running through him. Almost immediately, he registered with the sticky stain in his pants, but it was nothing compared to the shocking horror running through him at the thoughts of his dream.
It was bad enough what he'd done with Hao, but to dream about these things? It was nearly enough to make Yoh physically sick, but he found it was just the mutual feeling from what he'd done. That was frightening, to think what Hao had done, what they had done. Especially the things Hao had done to him last night...
No, it was too much. With a nauseating lurch, Yoh ran for the bathroom, and he was violently sick in the toilet bowl.
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"Yoh? Come on, you've been in there for the last 20 minutes. Are you sure you're feeling ok?"
"I'm...fine...Morty...Just feeling a little under the weather..." In truth, Yoh had been feeling unwell all day, and not just a little sick. He had ignored the rapping on the bathroom door for the last 5 minutes, before he'd been forced to answer. He wished the world would just go away, and leave him in peace to die quietly in a corner.
But it would seem that nobody was going to leave him alone today. Anna was getting a little impatient with waiting to force Yoh into training. Morty was just plain worried, which wasn't a surprise to anyone. And Amidimaru was particularly concerned about his young master, especially with the little glares that Yoh kept throwing at him. It was completely out of character for Yoh, and even the shaman himself could see that. But he couldn't provide an explanation, and for the meantime, the easiest way to deal with it was to just ignore the sickening feeling inside him.
"Yoh, please..." Amidimaru tried once more to get Yoh to talk, but the bitter glare, and the snarl in return was more than enough to make him keep quiet, and wander off for a while.
Alone, Yoh simply closed his eyes, trying to make sense of it all. Why was he suddenly, and mysteriously ill? It was like he'd fallen ill overnight, and was suffering nightmares and nausea for it. With a reel, Yoh felt the familiar churning in his stomach, and he vomited into the bowl again. It was absolute agony, Yoh wasn't exactly one to normally fall ill, and with a stomach bug was rare. The sick feeling came yet again, and Yoh heaved up into the bowl for the ninetieth time that morning.
"Feeling a little, unwell?" A annoyingly recognizable voice came from the window behind him, and Yoh clenched his teeth in slight anger.
"What's the matter? Didn't you miss me?" Hao dropped into the little bathroom, slipping his arms around Yoh's shoulders. He wasn't put off by the fact that Yoh was tense, and in fact very angry to see him. He seemed more concerned than anything else, in that little 'way' of his.
"Why am I suddenly ill? I know you have something to do with this." Yoh's tone was dark and threatening, he was clearly extremely pissed at his brother.
"That's because you're missing something. Like your other half. In case you're forgetting, we were separated at birth. That means that if you put us back together again, we can't be separated. It's like a twin bond thing." Hao smiled in satisfaction as Yoh finally relaxed against him, although whether the other was truly pissed at him was another question altogether.
"Then how do I undo this 'bond thing'?" Yoh asked. Hao was pleased to note that Yoh sounded less angry, but that might of also had something to do with the fact that he'd stopped vomiting for the minute.
"You don't. The only way to do that is to kill me. Or yourself. But I don't think you want to do that, do you?" Hao was back with his 'sing-song' voice, which did actually irritate Yoh to a certain degree.
"Stop playing games with me. It's beginning to make me a little paranoid. " Yoh closed his eyes, relaxing against Hao's chest. He couldn't help it, he was drawn to everything about his brother. The things he could do. Or had already done.
"You, paranoid? Hmm..." Hao sniffed in disagreement at that, but he drew his little brother closer, holding him in an embrace. It was strangely calming and relaxing, as Yoh felt his sickness gradually drain from him. He could barely believe it was due to one of his enemies, but Yoh was beginning to doubt that theory. If not, what did Hao want from him?
But he was too relaxed right now to think about such things. Yoh lost himself in the lustful pleasures of being with his brother, not thinking about the consequences of somebody catching them in there...
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"Okay, this is beginning to worry me." Horo Horo stated, matter-of-factly.
"Tell me about it." Ren muttered with a nod of his head from beside the other shaman. If anyone had ever told them that Yoh was going to go insane, and that Anna was going to abandon them and go AWOL, they would have laughed in their faces.
And yet, that was exactly what had happened. Yoh had been acting strangely all day, and even Ren had nearly gotten his head chopped off. He had run to hide in the bathroom, and hadn't come out until Morty had lured him with a glass ofmilk. (A/N: Lol. Here Renny Ren...)
Anna had just vanished. Nobody had seen her for hours, and with no note, no phone call, and absolutely no sign of her, everyone was beginning to panic. Paranoia and concern was affecting everyone. Everyone except Morty had been up long past midnight, and, into the early hours of the morning, insomnia was beginning to settle in.
It was only when Chocolove reported Yoh missing, that everyone really began to panic.
"I'm telling you, Yoh's gone! He's gone astray! missing! Maybe he's ran off with Anna!" The dark skinned boy stirred up a fray of movement and alarm within minutes, which didn't do anyone good. The fear, panicky stress, and worry increased, and it was only when Horo Horo stepped in, that a sense of control returned.
"Okay, okay, people, will you just chill! Yoh and Anna are missing, okay. There's nothing we can do at 3.45am, so lets just calm down! We'll look for them in the morning- or later on today, oh whatever!" Horo's attempts worked, and the affray calmed as quickly as it had begun.
Within a matter of minutes, everyone had dispersed, and pretty much everyone tried to go to bed and relax.
Only Lyserg remained, staring out into the dark night, silently scrying in desperation to try and find Yoh and Anna.
Back inside, with Yoh's room empty, Choco decided to try and sleep in a spare room, Ren went off to his own room, Ryu disappeared in the direction that looked strangely like he was going to find Lyserg, and Horo...
Horo Horo didn't know where to go. He'd always shared Yoh's futon with him and Morty, but Morty had gone elsewhere tonight. Not wanting to be alone, he went to the one person he was desperately hoping wouldn't mind a bed mate.
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Ren had to admit to himself, that Yoh's disappearance wasn't looking like it had nothing to do with outside help. Somebody had either kidnapped him, or enticed him to run away. And that person was probably the same reason Yoh had been acting so, so unlike himself recently.
Shaking his head, Ren tried to clear his head of the thoughts running through it. He tried to relax, and calm his mind, but for once, it wasn't working. He went to bed anyway, tossing and turning, not really sleeping, but still trying.
He didn't hear the door slide open, didn't hear the other person that came into the room before it was too late. And by then, they'd carefully sat themselves down on his bed, and snuggled up to him a little.
"Horo? What on earth are you doing here?" Ren muttered in clear annoyance.
"Got lonely. I don't wanna sleep on my own tonight. " With that, Horo cuddled up to Ren from behind, who made a little yell of complaint as the other nuzzled up, slipping one arm around his waist, ducking under the covers to keep warm. If Ren had wanted to try and impale him on his spear, he wasn't going to get the chance. Horo had positioned himself so that Ren was held firmly, yet still gently, against his chest, and with their legs entangled together.
After a few minutes of struggling and protest, Ren gave up with a sigh, followed by a chuckle of success from Horo. A glare that followed seemed to imply that he was going to get a lot of pain when Ren got out of this, but he didn't let that faze him.
And, for a short while, there seemed to be a moment of peace, as Horo nestled down to bury himself in Ren's dark locks, and as Ren seemed to adjust to this new kind of intimacy. It was rather strange when he thought about it. He would never allow anyone to do this, to sneak in and deliberately push into his life so personally. And so the fact that he didn't put up more of a resistance was a mystery to him. Deciding to think about such irrelevant things later, Ren subconsciously snuggled up a little to the Aniu, finding the other actually quite warm, despite the fact that he hailed from the North. Thoughts danced across his hazy mind as he settled down and gradually fell into sleep. Horo Horo could only smile lazily as he also fell sound asleep, pleased that something good had gone his way for once. This was, pleasant. A little time in which he could get a little closer to the Chinese shaman, and hopefully in a good way.
Besides, Horo mused, just before he fell into a pleasing dream, Ren looks so peaceful when he's asleep. Like nothing that he usually has to deal with in waking life affects him. Like he's a whole different person.
With a sigh of contentment, Horo snuggled a little closer into Ren, eyes sliding shut as he fell into a world where dreams were real, his wishes would come true, and where blue, fluffy bunnies could fly.
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"So? it took you long enough." Hao swung down from the branches of the trees, his cloak billowing out in the cool night air behind him.
"I apologise..."
"Master."
"M...Master...I was, held up..." Anna stumbled over her words, wishing that everything would just go away.
"By who? Or what?" Hao's voice was calm as ever, and Anna regretted the day she'd ever agreed to help him. But if she didn't, she knew Hao would kill her.
And Hao would kill her sister.
Anna was so lost in her thoughts, she didn't hear Hao's next words- until he angrily smacked her around the
head. The itako fell to the floor in a daze, and for once, she was so desperately hurt, mentally and physically, that she began to cry. Her tears hit the floor, caught with stifled sobs. She looked up in shock when Hao grabbed the front of her dress, hauling her upwards to face him.
"Why are you crying?" Despite his obvious anger, he still remained cool on the outside, and Anna tried to look away. She was stopped when the shaman grasped hold of her chin, roughly holding her head in place. This caused her to cry out in more pain, which only made Hao drop her chin and hit her again.
"Why, are you crying?" He repeated, still remaining relaxed, in spite of his deep breathing.
"Because...because it hurts..." Anna hated to admit her weaknesses, and pain was one of them.
"It only hurts, because you caused me to hit you. Which I hate to do, but you can't live in a daydream all night." Hao was playing games with her again, and her dizzy light-headedness didn't help. The pain had kicked in, and her head felt as if it was a church bell being struck over and over again.
"But...but I wasn't..." Anna's voice was low, and similar to that of one who was drunk. But she wasn't, she was half-unconscious. Hao didn't hit people very often, but when he did, it hurt- a lot.
"Shut up." Hao snarled. "He will come, won't he?"
"Yes...I think...He knows to come to Monument Hill at 4.00am, doesn't he? He knows...that you...want...to see him...I think..." Anna slumped suddenly, unable to hold up her ringing head any longer. She fell against Hao's chest, who cradled her gently for a few minutes. Although her was using her, Hao did care about her in a strange way. It didn't make sense to him, but he simply forgot about it for a little while, sitting down on the cool grass, holding the itako close, gently supporting her head against his chest. Yoh would come soon, and he would make sure she was awake by then.
For now, it couldn't hurt to stay like this.
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Shadows: Mwhahahahahahahaha! I LOVE plot building... A little less boring perhaps, with a Yoh and Anna gone AWOL, and Horo and Ren getting a little 'closer'?
Kitty: Gotta love that sudden burst of anger with Hao at the end there. And the little bit of caring he showed too. I think it's sweet... :cries:
Shadows: Get a hold of yourself cat:hands tissue: Anyway, tune in next time for the next instalment! Who DOES Hao love? Will Yoh catch Hao and Anna in a clinch? Will Ren and Horo snog? Will Ren kill Horo...
Tune in next time on,...uh, oh I dunno, make something up!
