Mai: So here's the newest chapter of Do You Remember Me? I really enjoyed writing this one. Not a lot happens but I thought I need a good fluff filled chapter. I mean these two really need to get going if I'm ever going to finish this. At this point this fic has the highest chance of getting finished out of all my fics. So I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: Let's face I don't own Shaman King. It sucks I know. I'd do a good job with it but sadly I don't have the opportunity to convince the people who do own it of that. So until the day that I do I shall have to stick to writing fics, watching the anime, and reading the manga.

Chapter 11: Falling Back Into Love

"It's nice to see you again, Umi-san," the tall green haired girl said smiling. "How's your memory coming along?"

"Just bits and pieces at this point, Jun-san. Although that book your brother gave me is helping a lot."

"Well that's good. We need to get your memory back quickly we can't restart wedding plans until then," Jun said smiling. "Have you figured it out yet?"

"Yeah. I haven't told him that I know yet. I want to figure out what our relationship was like before I tell him," the bluenette replied.

"Well that's good. Don't keep him waiting too long, ok? He's getting pretty worried and I think it's breaking his heart a little," the older woman seemed nice. Umi was sure that they had been good friends before the accident.

"What are you girls talking about?" Ren demanded coming up behind them.

"Nothing, little brother," Jun told her brother innocently.

"Why do I think you're lying, nee-san?" Ren asked suspiciously.

"Stop being so paranoid," Jun said giggling. "Ren, why don't you and Umi go on ahead? I need to make a call."

"I get the feeling that you're not going to tell me anything either?" Ren asked.

"You're probably right," Umi said giggling. "Relax, we weren't saying anything bad about you."

"Oh so you were talking about me," he said smugly. "Thought so. Exactly what were you saying about me?"

"Already told you, nothing bad, and that's all you're getting out me," she told him winking.

"Oh really?" he said raising his eyebrows. "I bet I know a way to crack that resolve wide open."

"Hit me with your best shot," she said disbelievingly.

"Alright," he said softly as he stepped closer to her. He ran his fingers through her hair making her turn her head a little to stare straight into his eyes. He leaned in closer to her and whispered, "I've been thinking about that kiss before. And I liked it, a lot." Her heart rate sped up and she could feel herself beginning to blush.

He smirked. He knew that look. He also knew that if he didn't kiss her soon she wouldn't be able to think about anything else.

His hand started to stroke her cheek and his lips started to slowly creep towards hers. For the first time she felt she was beginning to truly connect and understand what their relationship had been like. She couldn't think of anything but him and the kiss that she now wanted so badly.

Her eyes fluttered closed and her heart started to beat even faster from excitement and anticipation. She eagerly waited the moment that their lips would connect. However it never came.

Ten seconds later she felt his hands release her. She opened her eyes and was extremely annoyed to see that he had backed off and was now smirking at her.

"Why didn't you kiss me?" she asked annoyed and disappointed.

"Tell me what you and nee-san were talking about and then I'll kiss you," he said still looking at her with that self satisfied smirk on his face.

"You're evil," Umi told him glaring. "Can't you just kiss me?"

"Not until you tell me what I want to know. Don't worry I'm sure you'll crack in a minute or two and once you do I'll kiss you all you want," he promised.

"No. I've decided that I won't let you get away with this. I'm not cracking," she told him resolutely.

"Then I'm not kissing you," he replied stubbornly. But he couldn't hide that look from her. She knew that watching her beg like this was a lot of fun for him. She grinned suddenly she had an idea. She knew exactly how to get what she wanted from him.

"Fine if you won't kiss me then I'll just have to kiss you," she said mischievously. Then before he could react she had wrapped her arms around his neck and her lips collided with his own.

For a minute Ren was surprised. He didn't think that she'd do something like this when she was this confused about her life. Then he relaxed and let his arms instinctively wrap themselves around her waist as he kissed her back.

This was exactly the response Umi was looking for. She pulled him closer deepening the kiss. His traced the edges of her lips begging to be let in. She happily opened up and let their tongues slide into each other's mouths.

"Hey!" Horo yelled when he glanced back at the two of them. "Get a room!" The two broke apart. Umi had a deep blush covering her face while Ren couldn't look more pleased with himself. He'd completely forgotten about her suspicious conversation with his sister.

Ren was really happy. That kiss had been the first time he felt like he had his fiancée back. She smiled at him still blushing. The feeling began to fade a little. She hadn't blushed at him like that in a long time.

Pirika and Jun smiled at the two of them. Jun winked and Pirika gave them a thumbs up. Meanwhile Horo-Horo looked like he was about to kill Ren for even thinking about touching his sister.

Ren shot his (hopefully) soon to be brother-in-law a look that said 'she's my fiancée it's not a big deal so back off or else'. Then he put an arm around her as the five of them all continued to walk towards the restaurant.

Dinner was really pleasant. Umi and Ren sat across the table from each other and continued to sneak looks at each other throughout the meal.

Their siblings noticed and couldn't be happier (even Horo was happy about it despite his newly resumed position of protective little brother). After they got home Umi hurried up to her room eager to read more of her story.

Umi felt that she needed to finish this book quickly. She needed to know what her life with Ren had been like before the accident. She knew that she was falling back into love with him. She just wanted to know how she had fallen in love the first time. So she excitedly opened the book and began to read.

"Why can't you let me fight at least one of them?" Umi asked Hao after their third fight as "a team". So far he had just used Spirit of Fire crush all their opponents while Umi and Opacho just stood there not really doing anything. And it was getting pretty boring for Umi.

"How am I supposed to get any practice if you just kill all the competition immediately? And what about the extensive training you gave me on the way over here? Is all that just going to go to waste?" she asked angrily.

"Look I just want to get this over with. None of these third rate shaman are worth two minutes of my time or yours. As for your training that was for after they break the teams up. Then I'll be counting on you to take out some of my competition for me," he replied calmly.

"I know. I'm just so bored. I haven't gotten a chance to beat up anything more challenging then a training dummy in weeks," she complained. Hao was glad to see that despite the complaining she was calming down.

"Don't worry, love," he said. "You'll get to have your fun soon enough."

"Easy for you to say," she muttered still a little annoyed. "You're the one with infinite super powers. You don't feel the need to test them out."

"I'll make it up to you, I promise," he said smirking.

"Oh, I have no doubt of that," she said teasingly. "You'll be doing that for the rest of our lives."

He wrapped his arms around her waist. Then he kissed her cheek and whispered in her ear, "Gladly."

Umi felt the last traces of her anger ebb away. However once it was gone there wasn't really anything left. It was one of those times where she should have been completely happy yet she couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

It was so frustrating. She had loved Hao since she was a small child. Him loving her back, kissing her, wanting nothing more then to be near her. She should have been the happiest girl in the world.

But something inside her wouldn't let her sit back and enjoy her happiness. It was constantly telling her that something was wrong. And it was getting harder and harder to ignore.

"Something wrong?" Hao asked feeling her tense up a little in his arms.

"No," she muttered trying her best to not betray her increasingly powerful doubts. "Why would there be? Everything's perfect." She wanted so badly to just be able to believe that.

Later that night she as she lay on the cot in her tent she found her mind wondering towards her encounter with Ren a week ago.

She kept trying to tell herself that it was nothing. It was just a lie to make her doubt Hao. Yoh and his friends probably thought that causing relationship problems would distract Hao and make their job of defeating him easier.

A part of her though kept arguing that they weren't like that. That part of her mind was screaming at her to accept that they might actually know something that she didn't.

Umi wanted to tell that voice to shut up and go away. But she knew that it did have a point. Those guys took in a known enemy and nursed her while she was injured. Then when they could have used her for ransom or as some kind of bargaining chip they instead handed her back over to their arch nemesis no strings attached. Were they really the type of people to lie to her just to mess with Hao?

And if that was the case and they were telling the truth what could they possibly know? Was there anything in this world Hao would lie to her about?

She shook her head. She didn't want to doubt Hao. Before she had run into Ren it had been easy to say that her doubts were just wedding jitters. But now after hearing what he said her doubts were growing rapidly.

She almost wanted to confront Hao about it. But she knew if she did then he'd know about her doubts and it'd hurt him. So she resolved to keep quiet to protect the man she loved.

"Knock knock," Hao joked as he entered the tent. "I just came to say goodnight."

Umi smiled at him. "You're so sweet. What'd I do to deserve you?" she asked.

"You made me fall in love," he responded smiling sweetly at her. She smiled back willing the doubts to leave her alone. She was happy. Why couldn't her mind just accept that?

Hao sat down next to her and held her face staring at it lovingly. Then he leaned in and kissed her passionately. As she kissed back she prayed that her doubts would die down soon. And though she didn't want to she realized that she had to confront Ren if she ever wanted to get rid of these doubts and enjoy her life with Hao.

"I love you," she whispered as he pulled away and she was sure that she meant it whole heartedly.

"But I didn't," Umi whispered staring at the page. She could tell that whatever happened she now hated Hao as much as she had once loved him. She knew because every time she read his name she could feel a little burst of anger well up inside her.

Ren also seemed afraid that she might go back to Hao. When she asked about him Ren seemed genuinely worried about her curiosity about Hao.

She loved Ren now. Even without her memories she knew that much. He had been so patient with her. So understanding of everything she couldn't remember. He'd even backed off and let her sort out her confusion without pressuring her into loving him. These things alone were making her fall back into love with him.