This is Chapter 2 of Forgotten Shamans vol 1: The Bride of the Tao.

I do not own Shaman King or any of its characters. I'm just a gigantic fan XD…

Recap:

Ren is preoccupied with his trip to Tokyo to meet a certain Asakura Yoh, even though he is meeting his fiancé for the first time.

Please R & R so I know how I'm doing so far.

Arigato!

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Yue sighed inwardly at the tediousness of this process. She had exchanged the expected pleasantries with Ren's mother, even grudgingly greeted his sister who had the courtesy to attack her. And was now acknowledging the existence of her fiancé, Ren.

She sized him up. All the way from his black hair, white shirt, yellow jacket, black tie and shorts, down to his white socks and black shoes. This was her fiancé?

He didn't even look at her when his mother was introducing them. He just kept staring out the window. What a rude jerk. She didn't like this arrangement either, but she was stuck in it, just like he was. The least he could do was make some effort towards civility.

"En is very keen on meeting you, but I had told him that it would be best to let you rest a while, before you meet him. Why don't you wash up, and then join us for dinner?"

"Thank you so much for your hospitality." Yue bowed her head again. At least someone in this family knew the meaning of that word.

"Ren, why don't you show Yue to her room?"

"Hmph." Ren finally got out of his seat and walked out the broken door. Yue followed him out.

"Well, I guess I should make some effort." She thought.

"Your home is lovely." Yue offered. That seemed to be a safe comment. Ren shrugged his shoulder.

"I think your Mum is very nice." She tried again. Ren didn't even respond.

"I can't wait for you to meet my Mum… she has been telling me so much about you… well, what she remembered about you when you were young of course… Its nice that your parents would invite me over to meet you…"

"Do you never stop talking?" Ren's voice was monotone, and he kept walking.

Yue was shocked. She knew it wasn't her best attempt at conversation, but she knew she was decent. At least she was trying. Ren was just being… being… a stupid boy!

"I can't believe I have to live with this guy. I am going to kill myself if that's what he's going to be like. ARG! I have the WORST luck… what planet was out of sync when I was born?" Yue moped. "It'll be better at dinner. Oh please let it be better at dinner."