A/N: Hi, thanks for checking out my story. I'd just like readers to know this is my first time writing fanfic, so I might make some mistakes on grammar, etc. I'm not sure if anyone will be giving me a review, but I'd really appreciate one. I'll get the hint if no one comments. (I'm sorry if this A/N sounds mean and boring. I actually wrote a long and funny A/N. But then I read in the guidelines about how the A/N had to be short so I had to delete what I wrote.) So if you like this story, please give me a review. I promise I'll read your stories and give you reviews too. Thank you. Now, let's get on to the story.

Disclaimer: Sadly, Shaman King isn't mine. If it was, I'd make a better ending for both the manga AND the anime.

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Chapter 1: Annoying brothers

Moonlight shone on the roof of the Asakura manor. After a weekend of chaos, everyone was in their room getting a good night's sleep. Other than occasional cricket chirping, everything was quiet. Suddenly, two loud voices broke the silence. It was a pointless argument mainly composed of exchanging insults. Obviously, one was winning.

"What do you mean I'm stupid!" A loud voice yelled, accompanied by a bang on the table. It wasn't long before the answer was returned, "I meant exactly what I said. You're stupid."

"How dare you say that to me! You—"The rest of the sentence was never completed because another voice intervened with, "You have something to say Boro Boro?" And on it went, with an occasional, "Don't call me that!" and "You can never beat me." Until finally someone exploded saying, "Stop cutting me off! LET ME FINISH WHAT I HAVE TO SAY!" and silenced both voices.

Two boys; a tall, blue haired boy stood glaring at the smirking violet headed young lad. At first glace, they appeared to be ready for a simple duel of words. However, one might notice later on a most peculiar thing. The one with azure hair was clenching an engraved wooden rod, while the violet haired guy pointed a spear menacingly at his rival.

"Sure," The violet headed boy sneered, "go ahead." After saying that, he lowered his spear and toyed with it.

"Ren, I'm warning you..." Threatened the azure haired boy; who tried not to show he was obviously annoyed by his opponent's nonchalant expression.

"Oh, I'm so scared. What are you going to do Horo Horo? Frighten me off with your big dreams?" taunted Ren, "I can break you into pieces." To prove his words, he jabbed the air above Horo Horo's head a few times.

"Ha!" Horo Horo scoffed, "that coming from the milk lover. How ironic." Unconsciously, he changed the topic and once again, the tension in the room was filled with flaring anger. It was almost like they were in a soap opera:

"What's so ironic about that! And what's wrong with drinking milk? It's good for our bones."

"And it makes us grow taller. Yeah, yeah. But let me ask you something. How come you're still short?"

"I AM NOT!"

"Wow, touchy. Well, just so you'd know I'm taller than you so I don't think milk is helping you at all."

"YOU'RE OLDER THAN ME. WHAT DO YOU THINK!"

"Calm down. Sheesh. Anyways, I'm not that much older; just by a year. So that still makes you short."

"Unlike you, I didn't get my growth spurt yet, so I still have a chance to grow."

"Shorty, you'll never become taller than me."

"STOP TALKING YOU NO GOOD ASS! Stop trying to outsmart me. You make a fool out of yourself when you think."

"Don't change the subject! You're short and you know it." Horo Horo insisted. Ren fell silent. Thinking that he won the argument, Horo Horo grinned.

"Well, at least my height doesn't affect my battle skills." Ren rebutted. With that said, he started towards the door.

"Wait! Don't think you can just walk out on me!" Horo Horo shouted angrily. Ren turned around dramatically. "What?" He said as he headed towards Horo Horo, "you want to fight?" They stood glaring at each other. After a moment's pause, Horo Horo finally replied, "Sure, bring i—"

The door slammed open, and a large, blue, something threw itself upon Horo Horo, and in the process knocked Ren off his feet. It was a girl. She had long, silky blue hair, and a cute heart-shaped face. However, her expression was far from cute. While glaring daggers at Horo Horo, she managed to tighten her grip on a certain squirming brother. " Onii-chan!" She shrilled, "Why aren't you sleeping? Do you know you're waking up half the household up arguing with him?" She twirled around and gave a fierce look at Ren. "You!" She pointed, "Stop bothering my onii-chan. He needs his sleep." She grabbed Horo Horo by the ear and dragged him away.

"Ow, Pirika that hurts!" Horo Horo whined the whole way to his room.

"Too bad. I told you to go to bed an hour ago. We have school tomorrow; I don't want everyone to think my brother is a lazy bum."

( o )

The bright sun hung high up in the sky. The last school bell of the day had just rung and now everyone was getting ready to go home. Near the end of a hallway, a trio of girls stood around giggling and chatting. They seemed to be in a discussion of some kind.

"Oh, there're so many hot guys this year!" An orange headed girl exclaimed.

"I know! Oh my gosh, have you seen this super cute new guy?" Another girl gushed, "Oh, there he is right now." The other two turned towards where she indicated.

"You're so right. He IS hot." The first girl agreed.

"Where?" Pirika asked, "I don't see any hot guys."

"Hello? He's the ONLY hot guy in this hallway." The orange haired girl gestured with a sweep of her hand. "How can you NOT see him?"

The other girl added in, "Over there, 11 o clock."

"Yours or mine, Lily?" said an exasperated Pirika.

Lily huffed and crossed her arms annoyingly. "What do you think?" She tilted her head in the direction she was talking about. Pirika glanced around with a confused expression. "I only see Ren."

As luck would have it, Ren heard his name being called and turned his head this way and that. He spotted Pirika and her friends Lily and Sheila staring at him in a daunting way. He started back fiercely and said, "What do you want?" With a tone that made them feel like he was giving each of them his undivided attention. But that quickly ended when he began to become impatient waiting for Pirika's friends to stop giggling. "If you have nothing important to say, then don't call me." Ren finally said after an eternity of waiting. As soon as the last few words left his mouth, Pirika angrily yelled back, "Who said we where talking to you? It's not like everyone has to talk about you twenty-four seven, you...you...milk drinker!"

Pirika's outburst earned her ashen expressions from her two friends. They quickly dragged a protesting Pirika to the nearest exit, leaving a bemused Ren staring after her.

( o )

"Who does he think he is! He makes me want to stab him!" Pirika muttered to herself on her way to the kitchen. "He treats everyone like this, why doesn't anyone every say something." You're overreacting. Pirika do you realize how bratty you sound? But I can't help it! He's always so cynical. He kills all the fun.

"You IDIOT!" Huh? Did I just say that? "You wanna go? Yeah?" Ok, I definitely didn't say that.

She found herself standing outside the kitchen doors and hearing two distinct voices. She took a deep breath and braced herself.

What lay in front of her didn't surprise her at all. It was just Ren and Horo Horo glaring at each other across the room. The spilt milk on the table was all she needed to know about the cause. Both boys mentally prepared themselves for a lecture, but were shocked when Pirika calmly walked into the room, sat down, and said one word, "Talk."

"He started it!" Horo Horo quickly defended himself.

"What did I do?" Ren asked, "YOU were the one commenting about me drinking milk."

"I'm right though! You do drink a lot of milk. And it's not like you're growing any taller." Replied a smug Horo Horo.

"I told you I didn't get my growth spurt yet. So shut up sleaze ball Boro Boro."

That last comment triggered another round of arguing while Pirika sat there in the middle of it. She couldn't take it anymore.

Pirika exploded, "BOTH OF YOU JUST SHUT UP! Do you know how pointless your argument is? Onii-chan we get the point, Ren is shorter than you. Wow, big deal."

Ren quietly snickered at the blown out expression on Horo Horo's face. But Pirika wasn't going to let Ren off so easily. She spun around, "You! You...do kind of drink a lot of milk..." That stopped Ren's snicker fest.

An awkward moment passed, and finally, Horo Horo collected his dignity. " Pirika would you please stop nosing into other people's business. Geesh, do you realize how annoying you can be sometimes? Just leave me and Ren alone."

Each word bounced off the walls and echoed in the silence kitchen. Pirika's eyes instantly became watery at Horo Horo's outburst. How can you say that to me onii-chan! " Fine. I'll go and leave you two alone." I was trying to help. You want me out of your life? Alright. Two can play at that. "I guess I'll see you at dinner. Bye." She exited in such a dramatic way that would've made any Hollywood director proud.

"Dude," Ren said, breaking the silence, "you should go after her. That was harsh."

"Nah, she's fine. What I said was true and she knows it. She'll probably be lecturing us again by the end of today." Replied a confident Horo Horo.

"If you say so..."

( o )

Stupid Boro Boro was wrong again. Ha! By the end of today my ass. It's almost been a week and she has been giving us the cold shoulder. I don't usually talk to her in school, but I really wanted her to tell her friends to stop bothering me. A cold blast of air slammed into Ren as Pirika walked by. Wow I never knew females can hold a grudge for so long. Hehehe...she must be pmsing... Ren chuckled to himself.

( o )

"...So class I'd appreciate it if no pranks are played on me. Pranks among students are fine by me...as long as they aren't harmful of course." Pirika's homeroom teacher rambled on. It was almost April Fools day and the teacher was reading the code of conduct incase any student got carried away. However, her warnings were said in vain because none of the students heard. They were too busy chatting up the perfect prank. Pirika was also concentrating on playing the perfect prank-- the best way to get revenge on her mean brother. Her thoughts were shattered when she realized her friends were talking to her.

"So do you think that's a good plan Pirika?" Lily looked at her expectantly.

"Wha...whaaat?" questioned a confused Pirika.

"Pay attention Pirika! We have the perfect prank to play on Ren!" Sheila squealed excitedly, "ok, so we're going to write these love letters to Ren, so then we'll know whether he likes us or not."

"Errrm. So how exactly is that a prank?"

"Because if he doesn't like us and he asks us about it, we can say it was a prank. And if he does like us, then...you know... it's a win-win situation."

"Hahaha. Well, you two go write your love letters. I'm not gonna participate in this ok?"

"Sure. Come on Lily! We've got some fluff to write."

Hehehehe. My friends and the things they come up with. Now, I need to think of the perfect prank even if it takes me all day and night!

( o )

Pirika meant what she said when she racked her brains out trying to think of the best revenge prank. It was almost 12 am and she was getting irritated. Why is this so HARD! Usually when I get mad at onii-chan I can think of lots of ways to make his life miserable. Garhhh! Come on... think, think! Ok, who makes onii-chan lose his temper the most!

It was nearing 2 am in the morning, and Pirika was struggling to keep awake. Suddenly, a bolt of inspiration hit her. She sat upright on her futon, pumped both her arms up in the air, and whispered out a hoarse YES! With her prank settled, she finally allowed herself to sleep.

( o )

Ren looked up from his locker. He instantly knew something was up when he saw Pirika walking towards him at a brisk speed. So it didn't surprise him when she asked him breathlessly, "Ren, can you please do me a favor?"

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A/N: Yeah, so there you have it. The FIRST CHAPPY )

I'm sorry if the characters are OOC and if there are grammar mistakes. ) pwease forgive meee puppy eyes I'd also like to say that this is just the beginning so Ren and Pirika aren't a couple yet. But believe me; this story is definitely about them. I haven't really gotten to the "main plot" yet.

Can anyone recommend me a good anime to watch? I just finished Ouran High school Host Club and now I need a new anime to watch. Oh OH! Host Club is a GREAT anime/manga. If you haven't watched it, watch it. Yepp. I prefer anime has romance in it, and ends with a happy ending. I know I'm a BIG romantic. I hate stuff that ends with tragedy. No offence to all tragedy lovers.

Ok, enough of my babbling. Thanks for reading