Chapter 8: Something of Jun and Pyron?
In The Shaman Dimension
The sky had darkened into the night and all the stars had begun to show themselves once more. It had been hours after Kishu and his friends left.
"Man, you feeling any better?" Horo Horo asked Chocolove, who was lying in bed.
"A little, my head is killing me, dude…" Chocolove said resting his hand on his forehead.
"I've been meaning to ask, what exactly happened to your hair?" Ren asked raising an eyebrow.
"Ah, man, it was those weird little kids, the monkey and the alien; they set me on fire dude." Chocolove said closing his eyes.
"Dude," Horo Horo said scratching his head, "Those people from that dimension are so weird, man."
"Hmm, I suppose." Ren said closing his eyes and leaning against a wall.
"Ren?" Said a voice from the doorway.
"Oh, hello Jun." Ren said opening one eye and looking at her.
"Renny, I'm going out to get some groceries with Pyron at the all night store, is there anything you would like me to pick up?" Jun asked.
"Hmm…. No thank you, Jun." Ren said closing his eyes again.
"Is anything wrong, Renny?" Jun asked stepping closer.
"No, Jun, nothing is wrong, I'm just tired." Ren said quietly.
"Oh, alright then Renny. " Jun said as she turned and left.
"Stop hiding and show yourself Hao." Ren said still with his eyes closed.
"Ren, how have you been?" Came a voice from outside the window. Everyone turned and looked; Hao climbed up and stood on the windowsill.
"What do you want, Hao?" Ren said angrily.
"For you to be my friend." Hao said coming inside.
"No." Ren said simply.
"I'm not asking." Hao said grinning evilly.
"Dude, why do you want Ren to be your friend so badly, man?" Horo Horo asked Hao.
"Because, he is the strongest of my brother's friends, he would be a very useful friend to have, and I would have an easier time defeating you all." Hao grinned wider.
"Well, I'm not going to become your friend." Ren said frowning angrily.
"Why not?" Hao said getting annoyed.
"Because I'm not stupid, as soon as you become shaman king, you'll throw me out like an old pair of shoes." Ren said opening his eyes and looking at Hao.
"Hmm... You will join me." Hao muttered angrily. As he left through the window in which he had come. The sky beyond the window was dark and full of stars.
"I'm leaving, I need to go train. I will slice a few trees in the forest and return in a short while, perhaps." Ren said as he left the room.
"Uh, bye dude." Horo Horo said waving.
Jun and Pyron were walking to the store, hand in hand. Jun looked up with a smile at Pyron. He smiled back down at her.
"Pyron?" Jun asked as her pace began to slow.
"Yes, Miss Jun?" Pyron replied, slowing down with her.
"I just wanted to say thank you for not holding my past against me, the way I treated you was all because of father, again I'm sorry." Jun said looking down.
"Do not worry about it, Miss Jun, I do not blame you. This is who you are and have always been, behind the cruel stone wall that your father had built around you for so much of your life." Pyron said glancing at the stars.
"Thank you, Pyron. And please call me Jun." Jun said looking up at him, the stars reflecting from the sky into her eyes.
"As you wish, Jun." Pyron said staring down at her, with a smile on his face.
"You look better when you smile, Pyron." Jun said resting her head against his arm and closing her eyes.
"Do I?" Pyron asked as he watched her.
"Yes, it is much better than seeing you frown all the time." Jun replied.
"And I'm sorry… Jun… That I am so cold. Being dead has some disadvantages." Pyron said still staring at her.
"You don't feel cold to me, Pyron." Jun said as she opened her eyes and looked up at him; her head still against his arm.
"What do you mean?" Pyron asked.
"You feel warm to me. You could only feel cold to me if your spirit was cold, Pyron. But yours feels warm. And I like it." Jun said closing her eyes once again and wrapping her arm around his and walking a little closer to him.
"You really think so?" Pyron asked shyly.
"Yes, Pyron, I really do." Jun said happily.
"I may be dead, but I can feel you too, Jun. But I don't like it," Pyron said touching her arm with his hand, "I love it."
Hao went to the waterfall; he was looking for Ren to become his friend. He needed comrades his present comrades weren't strong enough, he was willing to make a deal. Then, in the depths of the woods he came across young Ren practicing with his sword and training real hard. Hao jumped up on a sliced tree stump and said,
"Renny let me tell you what, you might not know but I'm a good swordsman too, and if you'd want to fight with me I'll make a bet with you. Now your pretty good with a sword, Renny, but don't underestimate me, if you win I'll leave but if I win I'll get your friendship, because I think I'm better than you."
Ren said "My name is REN and it might not be smart, but ill take that challenge because I know I'm better than you."
Ren raised his sword and upped his guard because he knew that this would be though. He knew to fight with his entire all because Hao is intensely strong. If he won Hao would get off his back but if he lost he'd have to fight alongside him. Hao unsheathed a sword that Ren didn't know he had and leapt from his stump.
"I'll make the first move." Hao said as he lunged at Ren with his sword ahead and aimed it right for Ren's grip, but Ren swatted him off like a bug.
Hao growled and came at Ren again, sword held strong. Again and again Hao struck at Ren, only to be blocked off defensively quicker that Hao could strike. Soon Hao was angrier than he thought he would be but grinned maniacally with eyes of fire. He struck once more but with no success. Ren grinned back and him.
"Well, you're not to bad Hao, but just try to keep up as I show you what I do." Ren grinned wider.
He came at Hao with the speed at which he blocked, striking at every inch, until finally Hao's sword flew sky high. Hao watched as it twirled in the air, his anger growing stronger with every spin. Just as Hao turned to Ren again, he was struck to the ground, with Ren's sword's hard side. Hao frowned and glanced up at Ren, who was showing his teeth in the grin he stole from Hao, and his sword to Hao's throat.
Hao bowed his head because he knew that he had been beat, and he stood back up to his truly aching feet. Hao began to take his leave from there when he was stopped by Ren's taunting words.
"Hao you can come back if you ever want to try to beat me again, because I told you once, Hao, I know I'm better than you." Ren said grinning wider.
Hao left the forest angrily with his spirit of fire. Hao glanced back, and smiled evilly.
"But now that I know how much of a good swordsman he is, I need him to be my even friend more." Hao said chuckling to himself.
"REN! Finally you're back, we were worried sick, Granola?" Yoh offered.
"No thank you." Ren said politely pushing the granola away.
"Man, what took you so long, dude?" Horo Horo asked Ren.
"I got in a little swordfight." Ren replied.
"Man, a swordfight? With who, dude?" Horo Horo asked leaning closer.
"Hao." Ren said simply.
"My brother?" Yoh said angrily, "He didn't try to give you beef jerky, did he?"
"No, but he's not a very good swordfighter." Ren said crossing his arms.
"So, man, like, did you win?" Horo Horo asked cocking his head.
"Of course." Ren said glancing at him.
"Man, that's a relief, Dude." Horo Horo said sighing.
"Say, where are my sister and Pyron?" Ren asked looking around the room and not seeing them.
"They haven't come back yet." Yoh said eating some granola.
"Really, I would have figured them to get here before me." Ren said inquiring where they could be.
Suddenly, they heard giggling from the hallway.
"That sounds like…" Ren began narrowing his eyes.
They all looked toward the door to see Jun and Pyron, carrying one shopping bag each; and with their free arms, they wrapped them around the other's arm and they held hands.
"J-J-JUN! P-P-PYRON?" Ren stammered as they entered the room.
"Oh, hello Renny." Jun said happily.
"But… You… He… Hands... Holding… uh… um… arms… together… Pyron… dead… sister… corpse… here… now… wha… cra… JUN!" Ren yelled pointing at her.
"Master Ren, you seem quite startled." Pyron said looking up from Jun and over to Ren with a look of worry.
"OH, AM I NOT SUPPOSED TO?" Ren yelled angrily.
"No, Renny, your not." Jun said frowning and looking at Ren with concern.
"WELL I AM!" Ren yelled uncrossing his arms and turning completely to Jun and Pyron with shock in his eyes.
"Jun, did we do something that upset Master Ren?" Pyron asked looking over at her.
"Maybe he just afraid to see his sister with a man; he is probably just a little scared." Jun said smiling up at Pyron.
"JUN! Why are you holding Pyron's hand?" Ren asked trying to calm down.
"Because I want to, Renny." Jun said leaning slightly closer to Pyron.
"Yes, Jun and I just want to hold hands, Master Ren. I am sorry if this upsets you." Pyron said calmly.
"Jun? You're on a first name basis?" Ren asked, with shock still in his voice.
"Yes, Renny, we are." Jun said simply.
"But… You… Him…" Ren muttered.
Finally, he stopped muttering and went up to bed for the night, as did everyone else.
