A/N: Alright, here is chapter five of my epic fan fiction! Thanks to everyone who reviewed especially punkmonkey79 who has been reviewing my stuff since chapter one of Broken Destiny. I'm so glad that you are all here to enjoy the ride with me, because to tell you the truth I write this as the ideas come to my mind… Which means it takes a while for me to get anything done. It's going to take me a while to finish this fan fiction, since it is going to be twenty chapters long. I hope it will continue to be good for all of you.

Riku: Stop being hard on yourself.

Sho: Why not?

Riku: It's not healthy.

Sho: But I'm not that good of a writer.

Riku: slaps her Snap out of it.

Sho: begins to cry

Riku: Shakes his head No don't!

Sho: Why? still crying

Riku: You got the write the fan fiction…

Sho: Oh right… grabs a pen and I do not own Shaman King!

Chapter Five: Corruption from the inside

Ren woke up on the cold stone ground of a dungeon floor, still completely soaked from when the water arms grabbed him. He sat up, and ran a hand through his hair before he looked around the room. The room was dimly lit; the only thing that was lighting the area was a small torch lamp outside of the bars. There was no bed, the only thing that was actually in the room beside him were the bugs that crawled their way around the floor and walls. He groaned and stood up.

"So, you're awake."

Ren froze as he heard a voice close by and he turned to see in the other cell beside him a man sitting on the ground, wearing a dark cloak just like the other men he had seen. His hood covered his face at the moment, so Ren couldn't see who he was. He walked over toward the cell, and stopped a little distance away.

"Who are you?"

The man stood up, and walked towards him, and stopped right in front of the bars, before he shook his head. "Right now, my name is of no importance. Let's just say, I'm one of the good guys."

Ren couldn't help but shack his head slightly. "So that's how you ended up down here."

"Why are you here?"

"To tell you the truth, I really don't know." That was confusing more then the man would ever know.

"You must be the boy that Saix talked about," the man said, leaning against the wall behind him.

"What do you know about this?" Ren was very interested in what ever the man knew, because he wasn't sure about the reasons he was there anymore then he was sure about why Pirika liked tofu.

"Not much," the man said, with carelessness in his voice clearly showing through. It didn't seem like what he knew bothered him at all. "Only that your suppose to be his linage or something. Don't ask me how that would work, he just said that."

Ren sat back down on the ground, and killed one of the bugs crawling by with his clawed finger. Of course it didn't make any sense, but his transformation didn't make any sense either. "Do you know anything else?"

"No, and it's a good thing I don't because if I did, I would be dead and not stuck in here for life."

Ren shook his head and then he heard foot steps coming from down the hall and he stood up, turning towards the sound. It was the man, Saix, who greeted him when he was in view of the cage. Ren couldn't help but groan. Saix seemed amused slightly, a smile on his face.

"Good to see you're awake."

"What the hell do you want?"

Saix continued to smile, as he watched red with his own gold eyes. His face annoyed Ren greatly; all he wanted to do was punch the alien in the face. "I just came to see how you are. Is the place pleasant enough for you?"

"Yeah, but I wonder why I am here in the first place?"

"Your transformation is bound to draw people towards you so I deiced to bring you somewhere where you would be safe."

"How very considerate of you," Ren said in an icy tone.

"I know. You must hate me now, but soon you will understand soon enough."

"Yeah right Saix," the other man chimed in, "and I will grow wings and fly away from this place."

"Oh," Saix said, this time he sounded just as annoyed as Ren was. "It's you. I was hoping this place would kill you."

"Well, it hasn't yet. I thought you would be happy."

"Hm, I guess you still have a purpose though I have no idea what that could be."

The man laughed, sounding slightly angry although he was clearly trying to put on a good face. Ren couldn't help but be slightly amused by the way they seemed to act around each other. Saix though didn't seem to be enjoying himself as much a Ren was, and he shook his head.

"Ren, the leader of our race would like to speak with you. You'll come with me."

"And what if I say no?"

"It doesn't matter what you say, you're still coming." She snapped his fingers and two guards appeared. They were bulky built, the both of them, and both were holding large swards in their arms. On of them put his sword down and opened the door to his prison cell, before he grabbed him. He was way to strong so Ren couldn't get out of its grasp. It was a good thing, because Ren felt like slamming his fist into Saix's pretty face.

"The master is this way," Saix said calmly to the guards and to Ren as they began to walk down the dimly lit hall way. As they went, the stone, metal walls changed into some kind of while stone hallway. When I say white, I mean white. It was so clean and crisp that the color almost seemed blue. There was lots of crystal torches shining in the walls, and the crystal were a dim gold color, causing a flame look. There were also statues down the hall of robed figures, all of them holding either books or swords. Saix didn't say anything as they made their way. Ren couldn't help but wonder how they managed to hide their ships in the form of clouds. It confused him.

"Here we are."

They stood in front of iron gate with two statues carved into it, one of a dragon the other one was a lion and they seem to be wanting to rip into each other, but not able to. The door opened and they walked in, Saix in front of Ren and the guards behind him. There was a robed man sitting on a throne before them, his face covered in a hood, but Ren could tell he was smiling.

"Thank you Saix," he said coolly as he stood up, walking towards Ren. For some reason Ren felt like hiding back, away from the guy. He couldn't understand why. The man stood in front of him and looked him over carefully. "I see the transformation isn't exactly complete yet; that's too bad."

Ren growled at him and the man removed his hand from Ren's face. It wasn't a normal angry growl, and it made him sound like an animal. Of course, the Chinese boy was surprise and covered his mouth. He had no idea where that came from. The man though seemed to be very happy.

"That was a very interesting growl, your becoming more like it everyday. Saix?"

"Yes sir?"

"Bring him to my room and equip him with a collar. He will make a great addition to my pet family."

"I will never do what you say," Ren said, struggling to get over to him. "I'll never-"

"You will, or Pirika will die right before your eyes, in the most painful way possible."

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Horo wasn't sure how long he would be able to keep the whole act up. But he had to, to keep people safe. If anyone else besides himself knew about what he was, they would certainly try to kill him. He wouldn't blame them though; he would most likely do that same. He was just thinking about their safety, especially Ren's. He couldn't blame them though, when they found out.

He walked over to the window in his room and looked out, sighing out of depression. He would have to tell them, but he wasn't sure how and what they would do. But he couldn't tell them yet, not yet. Not until the battle with his race was over.

He could only wonder, what was happening to Ren up there. He was worried, more then anyone would ever know. Who knew what the new leader of the race was doing to him. But it was only a matter of time until everything fell into place.

---A few weeks later---

Pirika was pacing around the room, her eyes narrowed in frustration, her hands in small fist. Horo watched her with nervous eyes, wondering what she had up her sleeve. All she wanted to know was if Ren was alright, and if there was some way to get him back. She didn't really care what she had to get him back, as long as she could see him again. And that was what worried Horo.

"Calm down sis," he said, standing up and trying to get her to sit down. "We'll figure out something soon."

"Soon isn't good enough."

"Don't worry, everything will be just fine."

She shook her head but didn't say anything, much to Horo's relief, he hated making up excuses. He would just have to push forward with his place faster then he though he would have to.

Yoh walked in the room, holding a letter in his hand and he was reading it with a strange expression on his face. He seemed to be slightly out of it as he read the letter. "Hey man?"

Yoh looked over at Horo and just handed him the letter, before he sat down, looking extremely worried. The letter was from Faust, who was current located in Russia on his world tour.

Dear Everyone,

The letter Yoh sent me worries me, but I think it may hold to key to something that is happening to the people as I travel. They seem to be growing more and more animalistic. For example… I was traveling with a group of Russians just a while ago, across the black sea when they began to talk to each other in quiet voices. Steadily though their voices got louder and they began to attack one another, I tried to stop it but one of them bite my hand, taking a chunk of my flesh with him. Two of the Russians killed the other and then proceed to eat him.

I have no idea what is going on. The sun is still block out where I am also. I think the clouds are actually around the sun it's self. That worries me greatly. I'm coming back to help you get Ren back.

Faust.

p.s. Eliza said that she feels the world is dieing. I don't know what exactly is causing it, but we have to figure it out.

Horo sighed inwardly. Great, another person to worry about. He let Pirika read the letter and her face grew worried in expression. "Oh no… The world is dieing?"

"This is worse then we though," Yoh said, rubbing his eyes tiredly. "I'm not sure what we can do though."

"We got to go after Ren," Lyserg said, leaning against a wall. "We got to or, they'll use him in something and there will be no way of getting him back."

"He will be alright," Horo said calmly, looking at his hands.

"How can you be so sure?" Pirika asked this with an angry tone in her voice, and he could tell that she was going to go after Ren no matter what he said.

"I guess I have no choice do I," he asked, looking at her.

"No, you don't."

"Alright then, but what's your plan?"

She though for a moment and then blushed. "I'm not sure."

"I though so, let's think of a plan before we go of to our deaths, shall we?"

They all nodded, and Horo couldn't help but sigh again mentally. This was going to be very hard.

A/N: Alright, here it is. The ending of chapter five of my fan fiction, we only have fifteen chapters left to go until the end of this fiction. Can you believe that? If this goes as well as I hope it will, I may make a book set of these fan fiction and send them out for free to my fans. It all depends though if you want them. I'm already working on a hard copy of Two Sides so I can keep at him, and re-read it to get more idea. A note to those who do like this fan fiction, visit my DA page at http/rentao101. for a preview, once I get it up, of what the book will look like. Enjoy the chapter!