Hold me one last time before I die
Author's Note: Wow. So many updates in so little time. Don't you wish I updated like this for my other fics? Lol. I'll do my best to update the other fics as soon as possible but now I really wanna finish this one. Read & Review!
Disclaimer: Shaman King © Hiroyuki Takei.
Chapter 5: Item 2 of 3
The next thing on Ren's list was the one he was looking forward to the least: Go to China. Somehow Ren got this feeling that something might go wrong with all this. Why did he have to promise he'd bring them there? Why! Was his brain dead already or something? That would mean meeting his parents! Ren shivered at the very thought. Someone was bound to die... either that or get badly hurt. As much as he knew this was a bad idea, he sighed in defeat. He had to do this.
He went downstairs into the kitchen to make his announcement like when they went to Hokkaido. He knew he was gonna get some sour reacion, but he had no choice. Once again he cleared his throat and got everyone's attention with Horo hanging on his every word.
"This is the before last item on my to do list so it's the last time I'll be bugging you guys." he began, his voice shaky.
/It's only four days./ he thought gloomily. /What could go wrong/
Hours later in China...
Ren was right. What could go wrong, did. The mountain hike around Tao manor was fine but after that things went mad. Everyone had gotten along quite well at first, which was a damn good thing. However when Hao mentioned that he thought that Ren may be gay, it caused quite the conflict. Ren did himself the favour and snuck out of there before someone asked him what the truth was. He'd rather not tell anyone that he loved Horo. His dad would most likely kill the Ainu in his sleep.
They visited all sorts of old shrines and temples, Ren recounting the story of all of them. The last shrine they visited on one of the days was a majestic place. It was composed of a tall tower for the entrance with the rest of the building spreading out to create a square. It looked old and run down, most of the paint falling off but the gardens were well kept, keeping the majesty of the place alive.
Ren smiled. "The castle of Queen Kiminatsu. Lovely place isn't it?" he asked. "It was said to be the most beautiful castle around in it's day. But the rumours say that it started to decay the moment she died. As if that it would die when she died. They say that was due to a spell she put on this place. The gardens keep themselves alive. It was the only thing she really loved about her castle." he finished with a sad tone.
"Whoa..." was the only comment he got back from everyone.
While they stared at the place in awe, he entered it slowly, leaving them alone. He avoided all the passageways spreading on either side of him and headed for the center court. There in the center was a fountain with the statue of a woman on it. The woman looked a little sad, her long hair flowing around her, her dress doing the same. Her crown was in a slight tilt and her eyes were closed as if in an eternal slumber. Ren looked up at her and a sad smile played across his lips.
"Queen Kiminatsu... if you were real... I'll find out soon enough. I can find out the truth about all the rumours I've told my friends for these past three days. It's ironic..." he continued, unaware of Horo who had come up behind him. "I was telling the story of your kingdom and your death in such a majestic way... but after I die, when people talk about me... all they'll be able to say is that I died mysteriously at a young age." he finished and sighed. /Funny how I just let my heart go free to a statue.../
Horo came up behind Ren and shook his head, though Ren couldn't see that. "That's not the only things we'll say about you." he began as Ren whipped around. "We'll talk about all the fun times we had together, all the times that you got mad at us or we got mad at you, all your battles alone, with Team Ren, against your dad, against Hao, against Yoh, against me and against everyone else. We can all be proud that we had such a good friend like you. We can proudly say that we miss you, that we wish you were still here, that we can't wait till we see you again." he finishes and smiled.
Ren couldn't help but smile in return. "Thank you Horo..." he mumbled.
Horo pat him on the shoulder and they stayed there for a little before returning to the group.
A/N: Oh my god that was so sad! I can't believe I just wrote that. Read & Review!