I have to say that I was quite proud of how that chapter went! It's the funniest chapter I've ever written! I don't care that it was pointless! The only problem was that I noticed some silly mistakes but they weren't major!

I've decided for real – the girls are NOT going to be in this fic. The boys attend an all boy's school.

Thanks for the reviews guys! I was planning on making this a YohxRen fic and it looks like you guys want it to be anyway.

This chapter is going to go back to the story now so enjoy! And I think you'll find this chapter quite interesting…hehehe!

Watch out for language in this chapter!

The Horse Whisperer

Chapter three – Trying to cure his fear

It was Sunday morning and Yoh and Troy were downstairs making breakfast for themselves. They weren't going to bother making the other two breakfast as they had no idea when they were going to wake up. Yoh again had the dream giving him another unsettled night and when he didn't get a good night's sleep he became very quiet the next day. Troy eyed him suspiciously, he knew Yoh all too well when something was wrong. "You OK bud?"

"Yeah, just had a rough night"

"If you had a rough night then I don't want to be Jason or Hao right now" Yoh smiled and they sat down at the kitchen table and quietly began eating. "You coming to the mall today?" (A.N. I'm trying to write this in American terms 'cause if I use my Scottish words you won't know what the heck I'm talking about!)

"I don't know, why? Who are you going with?"

"I WAS supposed to be going with them two upstairs but I have a feeling one big hangover is in store for them" He took a bite out of his scrambled egg. Suddenly a bang was heard from upstairs. They looked at each other and rolled their eyes. "Is that yours or mine?"

"If it falls down the stairs it's mine" They waited for a couple of minutes and then sweat dropped as something large crashed its way to the bottom. "It's mine" Yoh got up and walked to the staircase to see Hao in a heap on the floor.

"Ouch…"

"Morning Sleeping Beauty"

"Funny" He stood up and grasped his head in his hands. "Oh my head"

"You think you would have learned by now. Want something to eat?"

"I'm starving but first I think I'll drink some water" They both went to the kitchen where Troy was scraping the remains of his meal into the bin. Yoh sat down to finish his while Hao took out a bottle of water. "Jason emerged yet?"

"Nope and I'm just going up to check on him" Troy left the room and headed upstairs.

"Troy said you three were going to the mall today, you still up for it?"

"The fresh air will do me good"

"I'm coming as well and I'm going to ask Ren and Horo if they'll come"

"You and Ren still talking?"

"Hope so. Guess I'll find out today if he doesn't do another cowboy act and ride of into the distance on me"

"I think he likes you" Yoh held his fork in mid air and stared at his brother.

"You what?"

"You heard. And besides, you two are quite close" Yoh placed his fork on his plate and stared at Hao dead in the face.

"I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about my friends like that, and besides, you know everyone besides you and Jason are straight"

"Sorry, just stating the obvious" He threw the bottle in the bin and left the room, storming past Troy who was coming back in.

"What's up with him?"

"Never mind" He stood up and smiled. "Wanna get ready?"

"Yeah, Jason's still sleeping. I left him a note to let him know where we are incase he wants to join us later" They got ready and decided to head over to Horo's place first. As they got to his front door they noticed one of the windows was smashed and the door was ajar. They gave each other worried looks as Troy pushed open the door. "Horo?" There was no reply and the house was a tip. Empty beer cans were everywhere and the floor was wet in some places. Pillows were ripped in the hallway and a picture had fallen off the wall and smashed.

"Horo, you in here bud?" Yoh headed into the kitchen while Troy went into the sitting room. The kitchen was in the same state as the hall and several glasses were in pieces on the floor and the worktops. His heart skipped a beat in shock as he saw blood patches on the floor. Troy came in and stopped dead when he saw what Yoh was looking at. "We should check upstairs" Troy nodded in agreement and they both rushed up to the teen's room. They found him sitting against the wall in the far corner, tears in his eyes. They rushed over to him.

"Horo what happened?" He looked at Yoh.

"It went a bit too far" His voice was small and shaky.

"You OK?" Troy helped him up and took him over to his bed. "We saw blood on your kitchen floor"

"That must have been someone else, I'm fine"

"I thought your sis was looking after you?" asked Yoh.

"I can't remember…"

"I think you should lie down, you're really pale" Troy was right, he was very pale and looked ill. "We'll tidy up downstairs" Horo just lay down and closed his eyes.

"I'm going to phone Ren to see if he can help us" Yoh got up and went downstairs, picking up the phone. But when he touched it a flash of a large truck appeared in his mind so fast he jumped and dropped it on the floor. He blinked several times and tried to catch his breath. What the Hell was that? He stared at the phone on the floor and bent down, hesitating on whether to pick it up. He slowly placed his hand on it again but nothing happened. Quickly pushing the numbers of Ren's house he listened to the ringing tone. Come on Ren, pick up. He sighed when the teen's voice answered it. "Ren it's Yoh"

"What do you want?"

"Aw, you're polite. Listen, Horo had a party last night and it got seriously out of hand. Can you come over and help Troy and me clear up?"

"Why can't Horo do it himself? It was his party"

"He's slightly shocked by it all and he's exhausted. Please Ren"

"What about Pirika?"

"We don't know where she is"

"Fine" The phone went dead and Yoh put it back down. Taking one last look at it he began to clear the mess in front of him. Troy came down five minutes later and announced he was going to clear the blood on the kitchen floor. Ten minutes later Ren arrived and stopped dead in the doorway when he saw the mess. "Did the apocalypse run through here?"

"Not funny. Just start in the living room" Yoh handed him a bag to put the rubbish in. Ren took it and walked past him, staring him straight in the face while he did the same back. What was that? Yoh wondered.

Two and a half hours later the house was looking much better. "Well guys, I think we did good job" Troy smiled. Yoh came down from the bathroom looking disgusted.

"I'm never cleaning bathrooms again" Troy and Ren just smirked at him. Their attention was drawn to Horo slowly coming down the stairs. "How you feeling bud?"

"Exhausted. If I'd known what was going to happen then I wouldn't have had this party" He sat on the bottom step and rested his head on his knees. Yoh put an arm around him.

"Hey, its OK bud, everything's fine now"

"No it's not. Pirika's still missing"

"I'll find her" Troy volunteered. Yoh stood up straight.

"Guys, I have to clear something up with Ren so I'll see you guys later" Ren turned to Yoh with a confused look. What was even more confusing was that when Troy was tending to Horo, Yoh quickly grabbed Ren's hand and pulled him out the front door, shutting it behind him. "Listen Ren, I'm really sorry about yesterday"

"No, it's OK. You seem to be having a problem so I should start listening instead of making it worse" Neither boys realised they were still holding hands.

"There's something else I want you to do for me" Ren looked at him and nodded. "I want you to help me get over my fear of horses" Golden orbs widened at his remark. Yoh had been terrified of horses for as long as Ren had known him, what was making him change now?

"Sure, but how can I do that?"

"Take me to your horse. I really wanna get over this, I have to"

"All right then" Ren finally noticed where his hand was but Yoh wouldn't let go as he lead the way back to Ren's house. As they reached the stables he let go and watched Ren opened the door. He turned to the taller teen and motioned for him to follow. Yoh gulped and slowly walked in, taking in the scent of fresh hay. They came to a middle stall where the white stallion greeted his owner. Ren stroked the beautiful face as the horse nickered in contentment. He turned to Yoh. "Now you try it"

"But, what if he…?"

"He won't bite and he can't run you down when he's in his stall can he?" Yoh nervously took small steps forward. Ren suddenly held up his hand and he took it. He pulled him forward and slowly placed his hand on the horse's nose with his own hand on top of Yoh's. "See, there's nothing wrong with him" Yoh smiled and stroked the pure white fur. Ren let go of Yoh's hand stepped back letting him get closer. He leaned his forehead against its nose and closed his eyes. Big mistake.

Another of his dreams had flashed before him, this time of smashing glass and pain-filled neigh. Yoh quickly opened his eyes and it seemed the horse had felt or seen it too as he threw his head up, knocking the teen to the ground. The horse began to throw some type of fit as Ren rushed it and tried to calm him down. Without waiting another second Yoh get up off the floor and ran for the exit. He ran as fast as he could along the dirt track. The stallion had calmed slightly so Ren left him and quickly ran after him. He caught him by the wrist and they both stopped running but Yoh wasn't pleased about being held back.

"Let go off me Ren!"

"No!"

"Let go, I can't do it!"

"What did you see!"

"I can't…what?" Yoh stopped struggling and stood where he was staring Ren dead in the face. Ren took a few steps towards him.

"What did you see?" He spoke quietly. Yoh slowly shook his head no at Ren without blinking.

"How did you…?" Ren was about to speak when he stopped, a shocked look upon his face. It seemed he'd just realised what he said.

"Yoh I…I'm sorry" He let go off Yoh and took a couple of steps away from him. But Yoh closed the distance again and placed a hand on his cheek. Ren watched as their faces came closer and closer…too close in fact! But suddenly Yoh pulled away.

"I'm sorry too Ren, I have to go" He turned on his heels and ran all the way home leaving Ren standing outside by himself in a state of shock over what had just happened.

Yohburst threw his front door to come in contact with something large and end up on top of it on the floor.

"Didn't know you wanted me that badly bro!"

"Keep dreaming Hao" Yoh rolled off him and stood. "Thought you weren't going to speak to me after this morning?"

"Na, I'm too nice a guy for that. By the way Jason went home about an hour ago, just so you know" He shut the front the door and turned to his twin. "Why did you run in here as if Ren was upstairs on your bed waiting for you to fu…"

"HAO!"

"That's ma name!"

"Get it threw that giant balloon you call a head! I'm not GAY!" He turned to head up to his room.

"You almost kissed him didn't you?" Yoh stopped and looked ahead of him, shocked. "I know because I acted this way the first time I almost kissed a guy" Yoh growled and turned to his older twin who was leaning on the door with his arms crossed.

"I'm not like you, OK? What do you know about my life?"

"Far too much"

"Listen you sick fuck, I'm NOT gay, all right? If dad ever…"

"Yeah, yeah, he'd beat us, throw us on the street and never make contact with us again. You worry too much"

"No, I worry just the right amount about what might happen. Mum isn't here anymore, things are different"

"Leave mum out of this" Hao glared.

"She's not here bro! Dad is free to be the crazy, fucked up asshole he was before she changed him and you know it!"

"Shut up Yoh!" Hao leaned off the door and took a few steps towards the stairs.

"You can't deny what he did to us as kids, it's gonna be there, in the back of our minds for the rest of our lives!" Hao ran up to his brother so their faces were inches away from each other.

"Why do you have to keep reminding us?" He hissed at him quietly as if he didn't want anyone else to hear. "Dad did that because he's not right in the head and I don't think you are either"

"I'M not the onefucking up guys, Hao!" Out of nowhere Hao grabbed Yoh's shirt and flung him down the stairs. Yoh hit his head at the bottom and lay still for a couple of minutes before sitting up and grasping his head. Hao's angered face changed when he just realised what he did and he ran to his brother's side.

"Yoh! Yoh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean…"

"It's OK Hao" He winced at the pain shooting through his head.

"Let me see" Hao pulled his hands away and gasped at the blood covered wound. He helped Yoh and took him to the kitchen where he cleaned it and put a small bandage on it. "It's only a small one, that should stop the bleeding"

"Thanks bro"

"I'm so sorry Yoh…"

"No, I'm the one who's sorry. I know your sensitive about…that…and I shouldn't have pushed it"

"I shouldn't have thrown you down the stairs because I was mad at you, I should have stuck your head down the toilet like I normally do" They both laughed and Hao announced he was heading to bed. It was already half eleven so Yoh decided it was a good idea. As he crawled under the covers he couldn't help but wonder…what really was going on between Ren and him?

There you go! Sorry for any Yoh fans about the throwing him down the stairs bit.

You got a little fluff people! Don't worry, they'll kisssoon! And what's the deal with Hao and Yoh's parents? You'll have to wait and see!