More than an obsession
Author's Note: Ok. Chapter 2 time. By the way what you say does matter. But it is my choice if I want to put lemons so bug off! Anyways, read & review! Hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I will never be Hiroyuki Takei, so I will never own Shaman King.
Chapter 2: Truth be told.
It had been about a month since Yoh had seen Hao at the Asakura house. Yoh knew he couldn't keep the fact that Hao was alive to himself, but telling everyone would cause an uproar. Yoh had always thought Hao was dead...
But he was perfectly alive.
Yoh felt relieved at that because he hadn't really wanted to kill him. He had wanted to get to know Hao, as a brother. But Yoh somehow got the feeling that Hao wanted something more. Yet what it was, Yoh couldn't quite figure it out.
The night Hao had come to the house, Yoh would have told Ren, but an argument had just ended and Yoh didn't want the house in ruin.
It was a month later and Ren was barely calming down. Silence was golden, and in the Asakura house, rare. Horo Horo had a bump on his head and wasn't in the mood to argue, so things were quiet at the moment. It was peaceful that Sunday morning and Yoh was sleeping peacefully.
"Yoh!" Ren yelled walking in.
Yoh shielded and rubbed his eyes against the intruding light before answering. "What is it Ren?"
"Have you seen my Kwan-Dao?" he asked sounding really annoyed.
"No I haven't see..." Yoh stopped in mid-sentence and looked towards the window. It felt like he was being watched.
"Yoh?"
"Huh? Oh. Sorry, it's nothing." he shook his head. "Sorry I haven't seen it."
Ren looked at him curiously, but nodded. "Thanks. You will tell me if there is something wrong, won't you?"
"Yeah. Don't worry." Yoh smiled.
Ren left quietly, closing the door behind him. Yoh walked to the window and opened the shutters. Ever since he had seen Hao, he hadn't been acting like himself. Perhaps everyone had noticed that and that's why Ren had asked. Yoh shook his head and smiled his carefree grin while closing the shutters. As he got dressed, he didn't notice the pair of midnight black eyes watching him even though the shutters were closed...
Yoh came down to the smell of breakfast being cooked. He inhaled deeply and peeked into the kitchen to see Pirika cooking.
"Good morning!"
"Good morning Yoh!" smiled Pirika. "Did Ren ask you?"
"Yeah he did. Wonder where it went."
Pirika shrugged and continued cooking. Yoh walked into the livingroom looking for Ren, but only found Horo Horo, Ryu, Lyserg and Faust.
He walked out of the house and found Ren on the porch. He sighed, knowing that things would not b the same after this.
"Ren I have to tell you something." he said sitting down next to him.
"What is it?"
"You asked me what was wrong... Well the fact is, is that Hao is back and he's after me again."
Silence followed this, as Ren's face changed into a small scowl. "Yoh..." he began. "I want you to know, that it doesn't matter if Hao is alive or not. I won't let anyone take you away from me." he finished, placing a hand on Yoh's cheek.
Yoh smiled. "Thank you Ren. I'm glad that I have someone who cares so much about me. Yet, you don't really sound surprised." he said putting his hand on Ren's.
"I had a feeling. When you looked out the window earlier, you felt like you were being watched right?" Yoh nodded and he continued. "Well, I put two and two together."
"Always so logical, huh Ren?"
Ren smiled. "That would be me."
They returned inside for breakfast when Pirika called them in. Everyone was there when they arrived.
Breakfast went quietly till near the end. Ren nudged Yoh in the ribs, encouraging him to tell them. Yoh breathed heavily before sighing and telling them the whole story.
"WHAT!" yelled everyone at once. Horo Horo and Faust stood up quickly as if on guard, Pirika resisted the urge to faint and Lyserg sat there, fists clenched, unable to believe that the murderer of his parents was still alive.
"H-he can't be..." said Lyserg, tears forming in his eyes. "That bastard is dead!" he yelled.
"I really don't think I look that dead." came a familiar voice from the window.
Ren stood up quickly, blocking Yoh from his pyro twin brother. As for Hao, he just sat on the windowsill smiling at the look of shock on everyones faces.
"Thank you, dear brother, for finally telling them." was the only thing Hao said before he vanished in a burst of flame.
Silence followed his departure as the truth sunk in. Hao was alive... and back with a vengeance. The supposed "future king" was back.
A/N: Gomen for the long wait! Hope you'll keep reading! Read & Review!