A/N: hey and welcome to the final part of Walking in the rain...sorry for the late update but please enjoy any way.

Part 2

"Ren?" Horo had realized they had come to a halt and Ren was in a world of his own.

"Ren? Why you stop, if you haven't noticed we're still lost and it's still raining." Ren snapped out of his thoughts.

"Oh so you admit we're lost now do you?" Ren said cockily.

The two carried on walking, the path had become very muddy and they were covered to their knees; they were also so wet they no longer cared.

Suddenly Horo stopped and dropped to his knees.

"What are you doing Horo?"

"I can't go on any more; I'm so hungry and tired, I just don't see the point; we're lost with no hope of finding the road again." Horo was depressed, but Ren knew how to get him moving again.

"Okay Horo, you stay here, I'll go on and come back for you," Ren began walking, "that is if you're here when I come back." Horo looked up, a slight hint of fear in his eyes.

"What do you mean, 'if you're here when I come back?' What's going to happen?" Horo hurried after Ren.

"Well you watched the movie those teenagers were lost in a forest, those that stopped were the first to die." Horo remembered the movie alright, he also allowed his imagination run away with him, just as Ren had thought would happen.

"Yer b-but that was just a movie." Ren could tell Horo was scared, if this didn't get him moving nothing would.

"I know it was, but you have to think where they got the idea from, in the movie there was one survivor." That had done it. Ren knew Horo's imagination was over active and that the thought of a psycho killer running around with an axe on a stormy, cold night was nothing really.

"Well maybe we shouldn't stop for a while then, I can keep walking." Horo marched forward, Ren was delighted with himself.

They must have been walking for over four hours in the pouring rain by now Ren thought; he also thought things were becoming ridiculous he hadn't even noticed a wood on the way to the cinema.

How on earth did we manage to get lost in the first place, why on earth did I even agree to come out in the first place?

Ren in his thoughts remembered Horo's question earlier on and how he hadn't come up with a reason then.

He thought why Horo had asked him, why not any of the others? Why was it just the two of them?

"Ren…" Ren was snatched from his thoughts again as Horo spoke, "Do you like me?"

"What the hell are you on about 'do I like you' I think this rain has affected your already defective brain." Horo sighed.

"That's what I'm talking about, you all ways say mean things to me and call me names and say that I'm useless and annoying." Ren noticed how sad Horo looked; he felt a lump in his throat and felt sad himself but he couldn't give a reason why he felt this way.

Could it be because I've made Horo feel so sad?

Ren shuck off the feeling and the thoughts than ran through his head.

"It's because you are annoying," He said in the end, "All you do is moan and complain about things, you never act your age and never help out around the house all you do; do is goof around." Ren saw how hurt Horo looked and turned to keep walking, trying to ignore the Ainu. But deep inside Ren felt hurt too, he had said mean things before to Horo but he have never seen him upset because of it.

Why am I feeling sorry for that baka, it's all true I only told him the truth, I didn't know he was going to get upset, but that moron shouldn't be so soft.

Ren turned to face Horo, "I'm sorry I didn't mean what I said, I'm just tired and hungry and well I guess we both are cold and wet." Horo laughed slightly.

"Yer I guess we're a little wet." Horo put his arm around Ren, "Forget about it, lets keep walking."

Another two hours passed and Horo had reached his limit.

"I really can't go on anymore." The very exhausted shaman said as he sat down among the trees.

It had stopped raining about half an hour ago, and was becoming a little lighter hinting dawn was on its way; the two shamans had been walking all night with little rest and little food. The last thing they had eaten was in the cinema during the film.

"I hate to admit it but I'm starving." Said the Chinese shaman, sitting next to his friend.

"Good thing it stopped raining, I don't think I could have put up with any more rain, it was worse then that Chinese water thing I saw a program about." Ren couldn't help but laugh at the ice shaman.

"You are defiantly one of a kind Horokeu Usui." Horo laughed along, but their laughter was cut short when they both heard something in the distance.

"What was that?" Horo asked.

"I don't know probably just a deer or something." They both stood as they heard the noise again; this time louder.

"Yer well I'm not hanging around to see if it's Bambi or not I'm getting out of here." Horo began running through the trees Ren close behind.

Horo's attention was not on the path ahead as he turned to see if anything was following.

The Ice shaman caught his foot in a tree root and went flying forward as Ren crashed into him. The two fell down an embankment laden with brambles and thorny plants.

Ren had no idea what time it was when he woke, but he noticed the sky was much lighter, he remembered the events in what caused the two to be at the bottom of the embankment. He felt his head – it was bleeding slightly and his wrist hurt but he reckoned there was no real damage.

As Ren stood he noticed Horo out cold a few meters away, he hurried over to him to find his head was bleeding also and that his ankle was most likely broken.

"You baka, this is your entire fault." Ren said aloud.

"I'm sorry." Came the slight reply, Ren, though he didn't show it was happy to see Horo was awake.

Ren helped Horo sit up when the ice shaman noticed the pain emitting from his ankle.

"I'm really sorry Ren I didn't mean for all this to happen, I just wanted to spend some time with you is all, your always so busy and you never relax I though going to the cinema would have been fun." Horo inwardly cursed himself, nothing had gone to plan.

"Don't worry about it; I know why you asked me to come out with you." Horo was surprised by Ren's words but was completely surprised when he planted a short, sweet kiss on his lips.

Horo was lost for words (for once). He saw how Ren blushed, and turned his gaze away.

What am I doing I'm a Tao, and a man, and I just kissed Horo, it must be this bang to the head.

"Ren!" The Chinese shaman faced his friend only wondering what he was going to say but Horo said nothing only pressing his lips against Ren's. Ren closed his eyes and kissed Horo back, deepening it only slightly. Horo was the one to brake it off as his clutched his ankle.

"Come on," Said Ren getting to his feet "I've got a sprained wrist but I can still carry you."

Ren helped Horo onto his back then began walking up the embankment with Horo's arms around his neck.

"Hey Ren?" Ren stopped, "Perhaps we should go walking in the rain more often."

Ren smiled.

"Yer perhaps we should."

A/N: well wat did you think please be nice it was my first HoroxRen... ...please review