My first Shaman King fiction, hope you like it and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman king's characters, if I did, I'll pair Ren with Hao without a second thought! If not Hao, then HoroHoro…then Yoh, I guess… eh… better stop my ranting!

Summary: Sets a week after the shaman fight was delayed due to Hao going against the rules and his fight with Yoh, they're in Japan at Yoh's waiting for the shaman tournament to take place again. When Ren was taking a walk one night he finds the one person he never thought would see again, Hao, unconscious, and takes him in to tend on him. But seems that their relationship grows more than expected. What will Ren's friends say about the whole matter?

Warning: This will be yaoi… so, I'm warning you from now, don't like this stuff, then don't read; I don't want to have people saying how sick I am 'cause I write something they don't like blah blah blah… you're warned.

On with the story!

My Destiny

The sun rose as a new day arrived, spreading its rays on the Earth and into a room were two boys were asleep.

Asakura Hao opened his eyes as the sun hit him, he blinked twice; not recognizing the room he was in.

Setting, he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, "what's going on?" he glanced beside him and realized that he wasn't the only one in the room; a boy with purple hair was asleep, peacefully. The Asakura remembered him as Tao Ren. He looked down at his body and saw that he was shirtless and bandaged, making him frown then look back at the Tao, "Just what exactly is going on?" he whispered.

"He hasn't been getting much sleep lately."

Hao quickly turned around to see a blue-haired, "How long have I been out?"

"It's a week since Ren brought you here… two weeks since the shaman tournament!"

"So I have been out for two weeks…" Hao murmured, he then looked at Ren, "He took me in?"

Horo nodded, "Yea, he tended on your injuries and stopped any tries to kill you, he saved your life, Hao, so you should be grateful for him!" Horo got up and walked to the door and opened it, "You better not hurt him" he closed the door behind him.

Hao was left alone with the sleeping boy, who he stared at intensely, 'Why would you save my life, Tao Ren? I can't understand…' he sighed and laid back onto the futon, still staring at the sleeping boy.

Hao reached out and brushed a few standards of purple hair out of the Tao's face to look at him more clearly, 'Tao Ren…'

Sleep was quickly taking over the older Asakura twin and he gave in, one thought still lingering in his mind, '…Tao… Ren…'

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HoroHoro went to the kitchen, where everybody else were sat eating their breakfast. Yoh saw him and smiled, "Ohayo, HoroHoro!"

The others saw him and greeted him too, Horo smiled back, "Ohayo!" he too sat with them, "Guess who just woke up!"

"Ren's awake? Why didn't he come down with you, then?" Chocolove asked, the others seemed to be thinking the same thing.

Horo grinned, "Wrong; Ren's still asleep!" his grin turned devilish, "It's Hao!"

The room became silent as they absorbed that small piece of information, and Horo was like counting down for their reaction when all of them, except for Yoh, Anna and Faust, got up hurriedly and ran to Ren's room, "Ren's in danger! We need to save him!"

Horo laughed and called out to them, "Don't worry; I had a talk with Hao! He wont hurt Ren!"

When they heard that, they stopped in their tracks almost at once, relieved, "Are you sure?" Ryo asked/called back.

"Yeah, just like I'm sure my hair isn't pink, but blue!" that one received a chuckle from Yoh and Chocolove.

They returned to the kitchen and continued their breakfast peacefully, Lyserg, however, wasn't all that happy about it, but he was going to be silent for now, 'I'll get him when I see it's the right time'

"Lyserg, you ok?"

"Huh?" Lyserg was startled, and then he realized it was Ryo who had talked to him, "I'm sorry, I wasn't listening." Ryo looked concerned, "Everything's alright? You seemed stressed, is there anything bothering you?"

Lyserg sweat-dropped, but smiled none the less, "Yes, I'm ok, it was nothing really." He stood, "I'll go for a walk, don't wait for me!" with that he left.

They watched him go then turned to each others, "He doesn't look ok to me." Ryo whispered.

"You think he's planning to attack Hao again?" Manta asked, Yoh smiled down at him, "May be, but Ren won't let him, ne?"

Manta thought about it then nodded, "Yeah, Ren won't let him anywhere near him."

"Cheh" Horo scoffed, "let's just hope he won't do anything for his own good; Lyserg sometimes does stuff without thinking first!"

"Like you?" Anna asked.

Horo's face went red but he didn't dare say anything back to her; no one wanted to die a slow, painful early death.

And so, breakfast went normally peaceful.

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Hao opened his eyes slowly, and by the looks he guessed it was afternoon by now, "You're awake."

He turned to see the Tao looking back at him with his golden eyes, "Tao Ren" he tried to set up.

Ren sighed, "You can call me just 'Ren'" he picked up a damp cloth, "Lay back down, I'm sure you're still tired." He pushed Hao down gently, and started running the wet cloth over his face, "Your fever broke yesterday night, I was relieved, but I don't want it to come back; so don't tire yourself, is that clear?"

Hao was still looking at him with wide eyes, and then he voiced his thoughts, "Why? Why are you doing this?" he grabbed the Tao's wrist, "Why are you helping me?"

Ren stared at Hao for a while before looking a way, smiling, "Because we're the same."

Hao blinked, "The same?"

Ren nodded as he freed his hand and resuming his task, "Yes, the same. You're evil and I was evil just like you, I killed people for the pleasure of it…"

Hao stared as Ren talked almost absent-minded, "I never wanted to kill when I was a child, but I got used to it, even loved it, and I guess it's the same with you. I heard that you had a wife and a child before, and I'm sure that no evil would have made a family to start with."

By now, the cloth in Ren's hand fell and he was now stroking the older Asakura twin's face with his hand, "However, the only deference between us is that, I was given a second chance and you weren't… I met Yoh, who told me that spirits weren't tools for us to use, but friends helping us, and after that they all saved me from my father, they changed me, I was given a second chance to start with…"

Ren's eyes then softened, "While they didn't give you that, they just killed you each time you returned, that alone would make anyone hate humans and make them evil, and that's what you became…. Evil." he laid down beside the Asakura, his hand was still stroking his face, "But I believe that you can be good again, no one's born evil, so even you can be good again, I'm sure that deep down your heart, you're really a person with a big heart. Opacho proved that she likes you, didn't she?"

Hao turned his face away, "Not anymore; she left me… I scared her…"

Ren grabbed his face and made Hao face him again, "Even if we're shamans, we're still humans… and humans make mistakes," Hao looked at the Tao, unbelieving, "What's important is that you learn from your mistakes. We'll find Opacho for you, and you'll see that she still likes you."

"Ta- Ren, what if she doesn't? What if she will still hate me?" Hao asked, fear of rejection all written over his face, and Ren smiled at this.

"See? You're worried about her, about something no evil would be worried or think about. I promise that she won't hate you, you'll see."

"How do you do it?" Hao asked suddenly, "How can you be this sure…. Ren?"

"I don't know," Ren yawned, he was still tired, closing his eyes and making himself comfortable he answered, "I just say what I think is true, that's all" and in no time Tao Ren was fast asleep.

Hao gazed at the sleeping Tao a few inches away from him, "You have so much faith on me, don't you?" he whispered, "You're not even scared if I might kill you or hurt your friends…"

Hao pulled the futon to share it with Ren, "You trust me, Ren, after all I did, you still trust me" he laid with Ren and closed his eyes too, "I won't make you regret your trust, Ren, and I promise you this?" he fell asleep yet again.

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Out-side the room, two boys smiled as they heard the conversation that that went in Ren's room, "Ren may have been right, we can trust him." Horo whispered to Yoh, who nodded, "Yeah, now we can be sure nothing's going to happen."

And they made their way back to their own rooms.

END CHAPTER!

Phew, I know this took long, but I had to update other fictions… well, until next time, happy reading!

Mrs. Asakura Hao, I hope you won't kill me now.

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