After a fair amount of delay, chapter number two! 8DDD
School is eating me alive, so I won't have a crapload of time to update ..; sorry la..
As some answers to a couple of reviews I received, yes I'm going to continue this, and I hope that the chapters will get longer XD;;; I wasn't really aware of how short the other one was ;;
Disclaimer: I still don't own Shaman King or it's characters (
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"I knew it…" Horo said, quietly, thought loud enough that Kororo tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Let's go Kororo, we can't let him get beaten up this easily." She nodded and followed her master as he ran up to the group and Ren.
The one that Horo guessed was the leader of the bunch looked up at him as he yelled for them to leave Ren alone. "Pfft, who's this loser?" the guy questioned, a smirk on his face.
"I'm Usui Horokeu, and don't you forget it," he replied quickly, helping the purple haired boy to his feet, "you'd better apologize to him or else.."
"Or else what?" the older boy said, arrogantly, "it's not like your little friend can do anything to us. Stupid weakling," he said, nodding his head slightly in Ren's direction."
"Or else I'll get involved," the Ainu said and punched the guy in the side of the face. He grabbed Ren's wrist and started to run back to Yoh's.
When they got back, Ren snatched his arm back from Horo's grasp. "Just what do you think you're doing with me?" he said angrily, "I could've handled those guys easily." He glared at a vase in the corner of the t.v. room.
"From the looks of things when I got there, you weren't doing so well," Horo replied, as he stuck a washcloth under the faucet. He waited for the water to warm up and then said, "You know…if you aren't careful, you could end up getting yourself killed. What's been up anyways?"
Ren took the cloth from Horo and wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth with it. He stayed silent until Horo asked him what was going on a second time.
"It's none of your business what I do, or what's going on with me okay?" he snapped, "Just stay out of it. I don't want your stupid help, nor do I need it." He tossed the washcloth onto the edge of the sink and went up to his room, leaving Horo alone in the kitchen.
Kororo peeked her head around the corner and gave Horo a sympathetic look that seemed to say; I know you were just trying to help. He nodded and then went to his room.
He heard slight murmurings coming from the Chinese boy's room, which he guessed was either the television or Ren talking on the phone. He pressed his ear against the wall, trying to hear what it was, so he could distinguish which the sound was.
"I told you, I already took care of it. I'll have it to you by next week, I promise…this week is just a little bit too hectic is all," he heard Ren say, as he put the phone back on the receiver. He then heard him sigh, and walk out of the room.
'I wonder if I was a little bit too harsh in what I said…' Ren thought as he passed Horo Horo's room, 'Oh well.' He went downstairs to the kitchen to get some milk.
Kororo floated over to him and sat on his lap. Horo patted her on the head and whispered, "I need to confront him about it. If he's doing something that could get him killed, I have to stop it. If I don't…I don't know what I'd do."