This is Chapter 15 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:

Jing Yue (Silver Moon) has been on a few adventures of her own and has finally learned how to Oversoul.

Quick note on this chapter: Sorry all for the delay in this chapter. My friend's birthday is coming up and my present to her is a story that I'm creating around her characters. Its not done yet, but I'll put it up once it is.

Please enjoy this chapter, and thanks for all the feedback I've received so far. XD

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Ren sat up, cold sweat dotting his brow. This was happening too often. He got out of bed to find solace in the stars, but the lights in the city outshone the heavenly bodies with their brilliantly fake glimmers. Some sped before him, others twinkled. Taunting. Laughing.

"I'm going to be Shaman King." He promised. "Because I'm the only one that deserves to be."

"We were betrayed. We were forgotten. You have to set everything right."

"No! No I don't!" Ren shouted at the haunting mantra. "Stop telling me what to do!"

He grabbed his kwan-dao from the table and started attacking the heavy curtains that framed the window. Long after the curtains were shredded, he finally calmed from rage to anger.

The moon was still up, but he was not in the mood to sleep anymore. He changed to his training clothes and headed up to the gym.

Despite his own frustrations, his thoughts found themselves with his sister. Jun had arrived from China a few days ago to challenge Asakura Yoh. She had lost. Yoh had somehow awakened Pai Long's conscious and the kyonshii managed to free himself from Jun's control. Pai Long was still with Jun because he had chosen to become her guardian of his own free will.

Although she still had her spirit, she kept brooding over something. She didn't say a word about it, and Ren felt that it was best not to press the issue. For now he contented himself with watching over her.

Jun had walked into the gym as he was in the middle of his workout. She had been sitting on a bench, but as Ren was finishing his morning exercises, Jun had shifted to the window, the same brooding look on her face as she looked out into the city. When they were at breakfast, Jun picked at her porridge. The waiter had even offered a bottle of milk, but Jun shook her head. As they were going up the elevator back to their suite, Ren decided to say something.

"You seem to be in shock ever since your doll was defeated. But I'll carry out your revenge."

"We're finished." Jun muttered as she watched the city through the glass elevator. "Because of us, Pai Long was killed and changed into a kyonshii."

So Jun was saddened by guilt ever since Pai Long was awakened. She felt that Pai Long's death was the fault of the Tao family. The fact that he remained her guardian probably made her feel worse.

But it wasn't their fault. Humans were disgusting insects which needed to be crushed. The world that they lived in needed to be cleansed. Sacrifices always had to be made for the greater good, and when he became the Shaman King, he would make sure that these sacrifices were not wasted.

As they walked into the suite, Ren realized that they had a guest. She had long green hair. Clips on her fringe kept them from falling into her eyes. Her outfit was a deep, dark red. The top was sleeveless with a Chinese collar and neckline, and a mini skirt and thigh high boots completed the attire of one of the elite assassins of the Tao family.

"Gei Yin."

Ren looked at Jun, surprised. She had been melancholic for the past few days, and the very presence of Gei Yin had changed her mood entirely.

"It seems our father doesn't trust us." Jun walked to the window, her arms folded.

"Everything is for the sake of the Tao family." Gei Yin replied calmly. "Ren must become Shaman King at any cost. I will dispose of Asakura Yoh for you."

"You don't need to do that, Gei Yin."

"What?"

"You heard me. We don't need your help."

Why did she care so much?

"Asakura Yoh is still alive, isn't he?" Gei Yin smirked.

"Leave now, Gei Yin!"

Why was she trying to protect Asakura Yoh?

"I'm sorry but-"

"Then I'll have to make you leave."

Gei Yin was amused. "What do you mean?"

"Pai Long!" Jun summoned her guardian to her side.

"I find this hard to understand." She spoke like mother to an impatient child. Ren's fingers twitched, but this argument was between the two of them.

"Yu Gai." Gei Yin called her kyonshii. "Tao En-sama's commands are absolute."

"Pai Long."

"Okay, Tao Jun." He gave a brief nod of understanding.

"What do you mean by 'okay'?" Gei Yin taunted. Ren twitched again.

"I'll show you!"

Pai Long dashed from Jun's side and charged at Yu Gai. But the fight was brief, and Yu Gai came out the victor, her darts held at Pai Long's throat.

"Pai Long." Jun took a step towards Gei Yin.

"A corpse does not feel pain. Nor does it die." Gei Yin explained. But before she could continue, she was interrupted by the end of a kwan-dao pointed at her head.

"That's far enough, Gei Yin."

"You too?" Gei Yin didn't seemed surprised. She had expected Ren to support his sister.

"Don't misunderstand me." Ren perceived correctly. "I don't care at all what you do. But if you hurt my sister I won't forgive you. Leave here."

Gei Yin knew when she was beaten, and took her leave of the Tao siblings.

"Why did you let her go?" Jun asked as she watched Gei Yin's figure disappear behind the buildings.

"I ask the same of you." Jun was stronger than Gei Yin. And yet she had put up a fight with the intention of losing.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling that Asakura Yoh will show us the answer."

"Then you will never know the answer because I intend to kill him." Ren turned and left his sister looking out the window.

Why was she so interested in Asakura Yoh. What was so special about him? In one fight, she had come out a completely different person. It didn't matter though. He was still going to kill Asakura Yoh, regardless of his sister's infatuation with him. No one was going to stand in his way of being Shaman King.

Ren knew where Gei Yin was heading and decided to follow and see how she fared.