Len was making breakfast and Horo-Horo was sat on the ground with his back leaned in one of the kitchen's furniture. Horo-Horo was staring to the roof with a lost look. Len was cutting some bread and looked to Horo-Horo.
"Curious, you have said nothing. Are you sick?" Len asked. Horo-Horo continued looking to the roof.
"I…" Horo-Horo was looking to the roof with a lost expression. "I slept with Amat…" Len stopped cutting the bread, but didn't look to Horo-Horo. "We… we had sex…" Len looked down. "I… I had never…" Horo-Horo looked to his hands. "… Tasted nothing so good…" tears appeared in Horo-Horo face painting a smile. "In my entire life… it was just… wonderful" Horo-Horo looked aside. "I experienced a lot of new feelings… and I loved it…" Len was still. "I was so happy… I'm happy…" Horo-Horo put his hands on the shoulders, hugging himself. "I feel like I'm… she… I like her even more than before… it was…"
Chocolove entered and looked to Horo-Horo and Len.
"Len, luckily you're doing breakfast. I want bread with butter and cheese." Chocolove asked.
Dead silence.
Chocolove looked to Horo-Horo who had a beautiful smile on his face. The humorist noticed his smile was different… it looked older… more mature. Len dropped the knife and left. Chocolove looked to him and then to Horo-Horo. He's expression said it all.
Amat was on the flat roof, bathed by the wind. Anna sat by her side.
"Why the gorgeous smile?" Anna asked. Amat smiled to her.
"I just had the best night of my life…" Amat said. Anna looked to her. "I made love with Horo-Horo." Anna got surprised. "It was… better than everything I've ever imagined." Amat leaned her head on Anna's shoulder. "Having his arms around my body… feeling him within myself… his smell… his lips on my body… I… I've waited so much to have it and now… finally… I had it." Anna smiled to Amat. "At the begging, I was worried with him, after all, he's just a child… At first he was just starring at me, wondering what was I doing, but then… he suddenly blushed and looked to me with so much love, I… he saw me like I always wished to be seen… Anna… I just wish this feeling to last for ever." Amat looked to Anna. "It's so good to have a friend to share this with."
"Don't worry. I guess… I always needed a friend to… but I was too closed to admit it." Anna said. Amat smiled.
"Can I tell you a secret… but… promise me you won't tell it to anyone…"
Finally the Patch attached the list of groups and the orders of the battles. All the shamans were near the wall, trying to see who was going to be their opponent. Yoh and the rest of the guys went there to see the list. Anna, Amat and Tamao join them later.
"So, Yoh, do you know who's going to be the first team to battle against the future Shaman King?" Anna asked. Yoh looked to her.
"We are going to fight some guys from Iceland." Yoh said. Horo-Horo noticed Amat and blushed a lot, smiling to her. Amat also blushed and became a little embarrassed. None of them knew what to say. Anna pushed Amat to Horo-Horo. The couple blushed even more.
"So…" Horo-Horo said. "Are you ok?" Amat said nothing, staring at her boyfriend.
"What's wrong with those two?" Yoh asked. Anna punched him. "What have I done?"
"You were too unfeeling." Anna said. Yoh cried.
"I guess… it should be I asking that question…" Amat said, much blushed. "Are you…" Horo-Horo hugged Amat and kissed her.
"They look so cute!" Tamao said. Len turned his back to them and left. Yoh noticed that but decided to stay shut.
"Queen!" a voice said. Horo-Horo stopped kissing Amat. Silva came by and looked to Amat. "We need your help to answer the questions of some shamans."
"Now?" Amat asked. Silva said yes. Amat sat on a table near by. A lot of shamans appear and started asking Amat and the rest of the Patches a lot of question. They were all pulling and pushing everybody. Horo-Horo looked to that, crying for being far form his love.
"Looks like Amat is going to be very busy." Yoh said. Horo-Horo looked to him.
"Being Queen must be hard…" Ryou said.
"My Yoh will be a very good King and it will not be hard to him." Anna said. Yoh decided to say nothing… wouldn't he get a punch.
Amat was waiting anyone to ask her a question. Someone pulled a chair and sat near Amat.
"Can I make you a question? What are you doing Saturday night?" Someone asked. Amat blushed. That was not a polite question. Amat looked aside and saw Hao smiling to her.
"You never know when to give up, do you?" Amat asked. Hao got closer to her.
"I miss you so much, my Queen." Hao put his hand on her hair. "I miss your kindness, your smile, your lotus perfume…"
"And you'll continue missing." Amat said, getting angry. "I have no time to spend with a loser like you. As you can see, there are a lot of people here."
"I'm more important than anyone of them. I'm going to be the next Shaman King, and I'm going to have you as my wife."
"You can dream with that, once it's the only place I'm going to be yours." Amat said. Hao was not giving up.
"Don't be like that. We can start all over by the begging! Just give another chance." Hao asked.
"She's not going to give you another chance!" Horo-Horo appeared and looked mad at Hao, very closed to his face. "Leave my girlfriend alone!"
"Who are you to give me orders?" Hao asked, not losing his cold blood.
"I'm…" Horo-Horo was searching for a strong name to say and not look dumb. Someone passed near him and pushed him not on purpose. Amat blushed a lot, just like all the patches in the table. Horo-Horo fell right above Hao… and their lips touched. Hao and Horo-Horo became blue. All stopped making noise and looked to them. Hao and Horo-Horo were even more embarrassed.
"Yuh!" Amat said. Horo-Horo got out of Hao, coughing a lot.
"How disgusting!" Horo-Horo said. Amat got near him, giving him a glass of water.
"You're going to pay for this!" Hao said, much blushed. Amat looked to him and smiled.
"I just hope now you don't try to take my boyfriend from me, Hao Asakura…" Amat played. Hao roars and leaves. Amat made a victorious smile.
The day continued without any more strange events. At night, all were joined to dinner, except Len. Yoh looked to Amat and asked.
"Tell me… now that Horo-Horo is your boyfriend," All looked to Yoh. "Does he win any kind of title?"
"Yes." Amat answered. Horo-Horo looked to her. "From now on, Horokeu Usui is a Shaman Prince."
"Cool." Horo-Horo said.
"He won any kind of powers?" Ryou asked.
"No. The Shaman Princes are the boyfriends or children of the current or former Shaman King." Amat said.
"So… which name does he have if… he married you?" Chocolove asked. Amat looked to Horo-Horo and smiled.
"Isn't that obvious? Shaman King." Amat said. All became surprised.
"What? You can become Shaman King without winning the tournament?" Manta asked. Len entered and sat near Faust.
"There are four ways to become Shaman King." Amat said. Everybody was paying attention. "One, the one everybody knows, is winning the Shaman Fight every 500 years. The second is marring the current Shaman King, but that way you won't get your wish granted. The third is being the older child of the Shaman King and if the King dies, the Heir Prince will get the Throne. The fourth is by defeating and killing the current King."
"You mean, if I kill you, I'll become King?" Chocolove asked.
"Yes, but you'll only rule during the years of my kingdom. So, you'll only be king for some months." Amat said.
"So, Len's ancestor was a Shaman King?" Anna asked. Len looked to Amat.
"Yes." Amat answered. Len blushed a little when Amat looked to him.
All went to bed. Yoh was on the roof with Anna. Anna noticed her boyfriend was a little worried.
"What's wrong, Yoh?" Anna asked
"Do you remember what Amat said? Hao could became Shaman King by marry or killing her. In that case, with all the power he has and all the opportunities and all the time he was with Amat, why didn't he kill her?" Yoh asked. Anna looked to him, wondering in the question. "I guess… Amat or Hao isn't telling everything."
"Amat seems very happy with Horo-Horo. She's always worried with him and always makes everything he asks. I…" Anna remembered the secret Amat told her. "Amat has no reason to lie."
"Then, why haven't Hao killed her?" Yoh asked.
Near the lake, Hao was looking to the Great Spirits. Opacho appeared near him.
"What are you doing here, Mr. Hao?"
Hao seemed a little sad and raised his hand to the Great Spirits.
"From here looks like I could reach them with my hand… I could get them… I was so close… I could married Amat… she was so in love with me, she would fulfil my wish." Hao said.
"I guess… killing her was always out of the question." Opacho asked. Hao looked down. His hair hid his face.
"My only weakness…" Hao said. "It was for that He invented love? For make us pain and get weak? Does love just exist to make us stupid beings and do the craziest things?" Opacho saw a tear hit the ground. "I haven't got the courage to kill the person I love. Even if that meant giving up of becoming Shaman King."
"But now, Queen Amat is not on the Shaman Fight." Opacho remembered.
"That's why I'm going to win it." Hao said. "Five hundred years ago, I fought with Amat with all my strengths and powers, but even like that, I was not able to defeat her. Now, she cannot interfere in the Fight, and I'm going to win and become King."
Horo-Horo and Amat were on the door of the Ainu's team house. Horo-Horo was holding her hands and was much blushed.
"I… all the time I spent with you was wonderful…" Horo-Horo said. Amat smiled overjoyed.
"I can say the same. You are more than I ever imagined." Amat said, leaning her head on Horo-Horo shoulder. The Ainu blushed more. "I love you so much… I could commit the most foolish acts." Amat was so happy for being with Horo-Horo. Tears appeared on her eyes, every time she realized how happy she was with Horo-Horo. The Ainu felt his ego increasing every time Amat said stuff like that… and not just his ego… Horo-Horo hugged Amat tightly.
"I feel the same." Horo-Horo said. "You made me feel like none ever did." Horo-Horo and Amat closed their eyes and stayed like that. Enjoying being with each other. After fifteen minutes like that, they decided that was time to go to bed. "I'll stay like this, but tomorrow I need to train and I'm sure Len is going to yield at me for this. Bye."
"Bye." Amat looked to Horo-Horo and they kissed. After the kiss Horo-Horo and Amat noticed something. Two big angels appear behind them and caught Horo-Horo. "HORO-HORO!" Amat screamed.
"Queen Amaterasu Tao. We meet again." Marco said and looked to her. Amat sent him an angry look and then looked back to Horo-Horo. "I guess, the Prince will not be fine with us, unless, of course, you help us."
"What make you think I'll help you?" Amat asked. Marco smiled.
"Our only wish it's to kill Hao. We know you have the power to do it, so, we want you to help…"
"And you spear Horo-Horo; otherwise, you'll kill him." Amat finished Marco's sentence.
"You really are the Queen." Marco said. "So, will you help us, or…" Horo-Horo screamed while the angel binds him. Amat was worried with her love. Marco didn't like Amat delay. "I guess this boy was Prince for such a few time. Queen, I'm still waiting for your answer."
"I…" A blue dragon tattoo appeared around Amat's body.
"Don't do that, Amat!" Horo-Horo screamed. "I'm not worthy! These guys want to use you. They don't want just to kill Hao; they also want to kill Yoh!"
"Horo-Horo…" Amat looked to him. Horo-Horo noticed the shinnying tattoo and Amat's blue eyes. "You'll always be worthy…"
"Good choice. You won't regret it." Marco said. Another angel grabbed Amat and they disappeared.
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Stay tuned for the next chapter "As long as you're here"