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BACK TO THE OLD MAN

He was running back too but when he got back to the scene, he shakes his gun in the air as if he were showing the trees. "I"LL GET YOU, YOU YOUNGENS!" You both heard him and Horohoro added in a squeaky little voice,
"And your little dog too!" You have no idea what he is talking about but decide that it was meant to be funny and laugh for no reason. Horohoro, feeling flattered, walks along. "So where do you you live?" asks Horohoro.
"Nowhere." you reply automatically.
"So you homeless?" he says.
"Not really."
"Well why don't you come home with me anyway." He smiles putting his arm around you. You slowly inch away so he doesn't notice. He brings you to a large house. He walks towards the door and opens it. When you walk in and see a girl with blond hair and a black sleeveless dress and around her neck are blue beads and around her wrist are red beads. "Hey Anna? I made a friend can she stay for dinner?"
"Sigh But she's ONLY staying for dinner." says Anna with a sigh.
"YAY!" shouts Horo and he jumps into the air. "C'mon I want you to meet the rest of the gang." he says pulling you out the door. You walk for a little while before Horo says, "I'm hungry let's go get some chow." You nod. You hadn't really said anything since Horo first met you. And Horo already was dragging all over town. Then you get to a small shopping center and Horo walks in. He then stairs at a boy standing next to a girl. He goes up behind the boy and jumps on him saying, "BOO!" The boy glowers at him. Horo laughs. You can't help but chuckle. You walk over to Horo.

"YOU DOLT!" shouts the boy with pointy hair. Horo just laughs.
"Haha I scared you!" shouts Horo while laughing.

The boy began chasing Horo around the ice cream shop with his glaive. Suddenly you feel worry shoot through you. "Hey Jack ass! What'd he ever do to you?" The boy looks up at you and says,
"Are you trying to start a fight?"
"Ren..." says Horo.
"Lets take this outside..." Ren growls. He walks out of the ice cream shop and goes behind it to an ally way like area. "Bason!" shouts Ren. And a spirit comes up behind him. "Sano!" you shout and Sano appears behind you. Without hesitation Ren attacks. You have barely any time to dodge it. But by some miracle you do. Ren gets frustrated and launches another attack at you this one stronger. You dodge that one too. Now it's my turn you think. You then shoot a raging fireball at Ren that knocks him down momentarily. You smile at your victory. This make Ren even more angry.
Ren does one more attack that sends you flying to the ground and you skid backwards and hit your head on the wall. "F" you curse before passing out for a minute. Ren dusts his hands and walks over to Horo. Sano floats over to you and tries to wake you up. You open your eyes a little to see Sano standing over you. You rub your forehead. There is a large bruise there that hurts like hell. Ren laughs.
If Lord Hao finds out...He'll kill me... you think. Horo walks over to you. "Oh god...Big bump..." he says. You nod. Still staring at Ren. You can't seam to take your eye's off of him. Even as you are walking home, you still stare at him. Until he notices, "What are you staring at?" he shouts. "Nothing..." you say. When you get in the house. Horo gets a bag of ice and gives it to you. You put it over you bruise. It's bleeding a bit so you grab a paper towel and begin to dab it.

Anna Walks in and glances at you but then walks out of the room. "Sorry I should have warned you about him..." says Horo. "It's Okay." you say holding the bag of ice to your head. "Hn" says Ren. Horo glares at him. Then the door opens and a VERY short boy comes in with 3 HUGE grocery bags. Then the boy tries to close the door with his foot, but he trips and All 3 grocery bags and all their contents go tumbling to the ground along with the boy. Horo begins to laugh. Ren smirks.
"Oh Dear..." you mutter. You run up to the boy and say, "Awwwwwwww he's so cute who is he?" you ask. This just makes Horo laugh harder (if possible.) The boy begins gathering the groceries and you begin to help him. Then Anna walks in again.
"What happened to the groceries!" she asks.
"I tripped." says the boy.
"Pick them up. NOW!" barks Anna and walks out of the room. The boy begins to pick them up faster. You help as best you can. Horo finally stops laughing.
"What's so funny?" you ask with a puzzled look on your face.
"Not again" says the small boy.
"That's Manta let me tell you a little bit about him... He like's his dictionary, he can read...and write...He's actually very good at it. And by the way...he's thirteen." Says Horo. You are sort of embarrassed.
"You shouldn't be laughing." says Manta. "You know you hugged me the first time you met me." says Manta still picking up the groceries. "By the way...What happened to you?" he asks.
"Nothing important" you say.
"I beat the crap out of her." says Ren triumphantly.
"You know you shouldn't hit girls.." says Manta.
"She asked for it." says Ren.
"Well I have to go make dinner." says Manta. And he leaves the room.

3 Hours later.

Manta called you for dinner. And Horo was the first one to jump up and the first one to sit down with his knife and fork at hand. You smile a bit at his actions. When you are all situated. A boy walks in. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He is wearing orange headphones. You pull out the picture Hao had given to you. You study it for a second before putting it away and staring at the boy. "Asakura Yoh the time has come." Yoh has a questionable look on his face.
"What the hell?..." Horo Horo says. Yoh walks closer and you reach inside your pocket for your gloves. Sano automatically appears in back of you. Yoh looks at Sano and then at you.
"Huh?" he asks, puzzled. Horo isn't thinking and runs in front of you.
"Get out of my way!" you say to him firmly. Horo doesn't obey. (Like anybody had ever obeyed you in your life.) You attempt to shove him out of the way but you think twice about it and stop.
"What the hell are you doing?" asks Horo. Yoh is still standing there puzzled.
"You wouldn't understand.." you say.
"Well now I don't..." says Horo. "It's not like he's going to destroy the world or anything..." says Horo. "So why don't you hold off on killing him for now..." as if to prolong Yoh's life. "Well maybe we made a bad first impression..." says Yoh Approaching you as if you were the most friendly person he had ever met. He holds out his hand but you are reluctant to take it. He encourages you by shaking his hand in a shaking motion. You eventually take it and let go as soon as he does. You still don't trust him. Lord Hao Must have a reason he wanted Yoh killed and you were determined to find it out. Later after dinner Manta cleared the table and you all went outside to run off your large feast. When Horo gets outside he trips over a rock and falls to the ground with a boom. Yoh however finds a place in the grass with a perfect view of the stars. You slag behind and look up. I really should get back to Lord Hao you think.
"So where are you going after this." asks Horo.
"Nowhere." you say solemnly. Horo takes you seriously and invites you to stay with him for a night. At first you decline the offer but he begs and you have not choice but to give in. Suddenly Ren appears from the darkness and startles you a bit. A shiver runs down your spine. Ren notices but decides not to comment. You sit down curled up so you are hugging your knees and you think about how it must be to be so relaxed all the time. Yoh seamed relaxed. Too relaxed. Horo also seamed quite relaxed as far as Horo being relaxed can go. Ren though seamed just as tense as you. Yet he wasn't scared like you... He was always ready for what is coming. You observed this by looking at him. Until, he noticed and you pretended to look at the flowers behind him.
Manta comes out after a while he sits in a lawn chair and types something on his laptop. You are curious of what he is typing but you decide not to ask. Everything seams to be silent when Horo breaks the silence. "Lets go in now." he says. Everybody but Yoh decides to go in. Horo goes upstairs and shows you a guest bedroom. You go in and stare at him. He has a questionable look on his face like, "Why are you looking at me...?" He then bids you good night and shuts the door behind him. You aren't ready to go to bed yet so you grab your brush out of your pocket. (you usually carry a brush) you take your hair out of the pony tale you had it in and begin to brush it. It isn't that long but it was silky. It always had been. After you brushed it you looked at the nicely made bed. You walk over to it and sit on it.
It's much more comfortable then the one at lord Hao's. You shift around until eventually your head is on the pillow. You then drift to sleep. You awaken to a garbage truck in the front. "BEEP BEEP BEEP!" it goes. Like an annoying alarm clock. You get up quickly and brush your hair again. You look out the window and sure enough you see the man hopping onto the side of the garbage truck. You Take the hair band off your wrist and put your hair into a somewhat lopsided ponytail. It's not that bad but it's quite messy. You adjust it again until you are satisfied. You then open the door to a loud snore. You turn to see the half open door with Horo snoring loudly inside a bed. You turn away. You think of leaving. When you get downstairs, you feel another presence other then your own.