DarkTaoAngel: Another chapter, and a very important one to the plot! Though it will not be very well written, it is a needed chapter. I hope you all have and will review, and read until the end!
Meanwhile, in the 'Soul Underworld', the place in which the battle with Hao had been, something appeared from the ashes. A glistening light filled the atmosphere, swirling the remaining dust into the air. Finally it could be seen, not fully, but just enough to know it was there, little more than a transparent type of being, most likely a soul trying to get to heaven.
No one was there to see it as it searched for something among the battle grounds, its true identity remained unknown. After looking around the entire place it gave up on that spot, only one last place for it to look, and so it began moving towards that place.
Where it ended up was Japan, just outside of a large mansion type of house, all along the way its spirit became more distinguishable, until he could be identified. Only those who had known him would recognize his soul, but he did not seem to want to be seen by anyone, so he kept hidden.
He checked throughout the house, searching for someone or something that was important to him in some way. He did not need it; he just wanted to know where it was, and who had it.
He stumbled upon many rooms that were unoccupied, but none held what he wanted, so he moved on quickly so as not to let the other occupants of the Inn know that he was there.
Finally he came across the room with which it was hidden, and whose room should it be in but Pirika's. He knew her quite well, and he still had not let on his feelings to her, but now he had vowed not to be seen, until that fated day.
He looked into the room and saw it, that necklace. Everyone just thought it was a normal necklace, so why on earth did she keep it all this time? He thought to himself.
Truth was that he had liked her and had kept it a secret, now he was dead, and he could not tell her, but he had a plan, and if all went as he had anticipated, then it would all work. He still did not know if he could pull it off, but he had to try, or else he could never tell her, not that he thought his feelings would be returned, but he hoped that they were.
Now that he had all of the proof he needed, it was up to Pirika to figure out the rest without his help. He thought that she could, but he would be back later to check on her.
As he thought of this he looked up and noticed that Pirika had just come into the room, so it was his cue to leave, so she would not see him. He took one last glance at her before leaving with a pop that made her look to the window.
She could just see something out of the window, and she thought she knew what it was, but it was impossible because the person she thought she had seen was dead, and he would have gone to heaven by now anyway.
But the more she thought about it the more she wondered if it really was him, coming to see her. She shook on this last though, knowing only too well that the Ren she had known would never do that for her. She shook those thoughts out of her head and went back to what she was doing, but she looked once more out of her window, making sure that he was not there. She thought that she could just see him smiling at her when she looked, but then he was gone.
As Ren left the Inn with the information that he had gained, he went back to the place he had been before, the 'Soul Underworld' to think.
So, she had my family's necklace. I hoped that it would be someone else whom I would get stuck with, but maybe it will work out as planned. He though, blushing slightly, luckily no one was there to see him. He might hide his feelings to all people, but he had planned on telling her, then he got called to fight Hao, and he never got to say it.
He knew that she had seen him, though he did not care even the tiniest bit. He had wanted to stay hidden from everyone, but he thought he had seen her smile a little bit as he left, so he had to smile back to her.
Thinking of this incident reminded him of one other occasion, when he had first really started liking her, though that was the only time she had ever showed some sign of liking him too. It was when he had run into her, quite literally, and she had seemed so cold, and he had offered her his jacket.
She had told him later on just why she had not been prepared for the snow, and he wished that he could have comforted her more than he had, but she did not know that he wanted to, and he did not know if she liked him. After that he had fallen almost in love with her, but forbidden himself from saying so, and that had only led him to use the necklace's power, to find out.
He wondered if she did like him, but why else would she keep his necklace if she did not know about the curse that came with it? Nobody except his family and he had known, and he had only just found out, so Pirika could not have known before him.
Ren had not wanted her to find the necklace, just because of the fate that awaited all who found it….
DarkTaoAngel: This one was a hard chapter to write, so forgive me if it sounded kind of strange. Other than this, if there is anything you wish to comment on, put it in a review!