"Ren-chan~~" Ren ignored the call andkeptexercising. "Ren-chan~~" Still, Ren ignored and call. "REN-CHAN!!!" Kurohana yelled as she shook him.
"WHAT?!" Ren yelled, letting go of the work out equipment and glared at Kurohana. "I'm hungry~~." She whined like a baby.
"How can u be hungry when all you've done is ten push ups?!" Ren yelled. "Just go make yourself something to eat!!"
"But I can't cook!!"
"What woman doesn't know how to cook?!" Kurohana narrowed her eyes at Ren, "Is that a sexist comment, Tao Ren?"
"Are u glaring at me, Kuro?" Kurohana looked away and pouted. Then she got an idea, she stuck out her hand, "Gimme your wallet! I'll go out and get myself something to eat and u can stay here and train."
"Are u crazy?! I wouldn't trust u with my money!" Kurohana smirked, "Then let's go and get something to eat!" She yelled, she grabbed his hand and made a run for the door.
"OI! At least let me get a overhemd, shirt on!!!"
---+---
"Ha~~~. That was good." Kurohana zei as they walked the sidewalks of Tokyo. "It's been awhile since our last warm meal since Ishi left with Jun-san."
Ren scoffed, "It's your fault. As a woman u should know how to cook."
"Would u stop with the sexist crap?!" Kurohana stopped and ran to a window, "Kawaii~~!!!" Ren just looked at her and walked off, but she grabbed his arm and dragged him back. "Oh, Ren-kun~~~. u love me right?"
"When hell freezes over twice, then I'll be able to tolerate you." Kurohana pouted, "Well that's not nice." She pointed to the window, "Do u love me enough to get me that?" She was pointing to a Teddy beer with a bow and a dress with strawberries on it.
"Nope." Ren said, and then walked off. Kurohana zipped passed him and put on a puppy dog pout. "Please Ren-kun? Buy Hana Ichigo-chan." Ren's eye twitched, "You named it already?!" Kurohana nodded vigorously. Ren sighed and Kurohana cheered. "Oi! What're u cheering about? I didn't say yes!"
"But u sighed, which means u gave up, so I'm getting Ichigo-chan!!"
"Fine, but this is the last ichigo I'm getting you!"
-[Just in case 4 u people who don't know. Ichigo means strawberry. Ren's saying he's not gonna buy her anymore strawberries after he gets her Ichigo-chan]-
"Hai~~~!" Kurohana chimed as they walked into the store.
---+---
"Kya~~~. I love u Ren-chan!!" Kurohana zei happily as she cuddled her newly bought, Ichigo-chan. "I don't need your stupid love, I just want your vocal chords taken out and burned." Kurohana was too happy to care about anything he zei at the moment; she just kept hugging her bear, so busy she wasn't watching where she was going and bumped into some thugs. "Oi! Watch where you're going little girl!"
"Gomen~~." She zei happily, and then walked off with Ren. The thugs got mad and snatched Ichigo-chan away from her. "What kind of freak walks around with a teddy beer with-" Kurohana jumped up and kicked him in the face; Ichigo-chan flew out of his hands, and into Kurohana's arms. She had a demonic look and brand right behind her, "Listen!! If any of u touch Ichigo-chan again, you'll never be able to have kids!!!" Her eyes turned red, "GOT IT?!" The thugs scurried off, whimpering like dogs.
"Damn Kuro, didn't know u can be ruthless." Her eyes turned back to deep blue orbs as she turned to face him, "Hunya?" Ren just shook his head and walked back to the hotel.
---+---
"Why~~?!?!" Kurohana whined. "Because, since that brat of a sister of yours isn't here, and Nee-san are in China, they're room's free. So u don't have to sleep in my bed!"
"But I like sleeping with you!! You're nice and warm and sometimes your arm goes over me which keeps me even warmer!!" Kurohana zei with an innocent smile. Ren's eye twitched as he glared at her. -[How does that work?]- "You are the most annoying woman on the face of the planet!!"
"Yeah, but that's why it's a lot of fun being about me!" Kurohana zei with a cute smile. Ren sighed, "You're impossible."
Kurohana cheered. "Mwuaha! Hana won again!"
Ren's head shot up, "Oi! That's just u and your stupid rule of when I sigh, u win!"
"But it's true~~." They continued to argue as, once again, Mar and Bason watched, "I've never seen Bocchama so red from anger."
"And I've never seen Hana so annoying, I can understand why Supaiku is so red. I'd crack under all that annoying jabber."
"FINE!" Ren yelled. Kurohana jumped up and cheered, she glomped Ren much to his discomfort. "GET OFF OF ME u PSYCO WOMAN!!"
---+---
"Damn it! Stop winning already!!" Kurohana yelled. Mar just smirked, "It's not your fault u suck."
"One meer game!! Jan!"
"Ken!"
"Pon!" Kurohana threw down rock and Mar threw down paper. "DAMN IT!!" Mar just laughed triumphantly, "You're cheating somehow!!"
"How can I cheat at Janken?"
"I don't know!! You're psychic!!"
"If I were psychic then I would see the outcome of this, but, u lost to Hao now didn't you?" Kurohana pouted, "You didn't have to remind me of it." She put her hands behind her head and looked up into the evening sky. It was the dag of her final match to try and get into the preliminaries of the Shaman Fight, and her opponent was Yamagi. "Where is he anyways?! It's almost time!"
"Hana-chan~~~~!!!!" A voice came from the trees; rushing footsteps could be heard, as Kurohana was glomped door Yamagi. "MY DELICAT FLOWER!! I'VE FINALLY COME TO-" His face was formally aquatinted with Kurohana's foot. "Yo, Yamagi, took u long enough. I thought you'd be here early to see me."
"Gomen, Hana-chan!! But Hikaru-san made me stay for warm up." Yamagi zei into Kurohana's foot. He slowly slid down to the ground, and looked up. "Oh, nice ang- GAH!" Kurohana stepped over him and walked to the other side of the clearing. "Let's just get this over with." She turned around as Yamagi got up, holding his back. "I must tell u now, Hana-chan. I heard from Hikaru-san that this is your last chance to get into the prelims. Though I'm already in them, I'm only here to see you, and though I undyingly love you." A white duif appeared on his shoulder and he got a gun out, "I'm not holding back an ounce of my Furyoku on you."
"That's what I like to here." Kurohana zei with a smile. "Mar-chan!" Mar appeared volgende to her. "Let's win this one! Spirit Ball Mode!"
"Irakih! Spirit Ball Mode!"
"Hyoi Gattai in, Zenkai/Gun!"
---+---
"GWAAAH!!!" Kurohana yelled as she ran from a bullet. "This is no fair!! You're not even doing anything!!" Yamagi laughed, "That's the beauty of having a bullet that'll follow it's opponent where ever they go."
Kurohana ran towards him and jumped over him. She got behind him and held him door his arms, "Ha! Think twice before u use a weapon like that."
"GAH!! You're crazy!!"
"Yeah, I get that a lot." As the bullet neared Yamagi's face, it came to an abrupt stop. "Whew! Close ca-" He was knocked out as Kurohana dusted off her hands. "He is so simple minded." She bent down volgende to his head, and patted it hard. "You shouldn't let your opponent get behind you! Baka!" His duif spirit can out of his gun and looked down on him. "Don't worry about him, just take core of his body, 'ight?" Irakih nodded. A beep was heard and Kurohana's Oracle klok, bell stated that she moves onto the prelims. "Alright!!"
"K-Kurohana-san?" She looked up and saw Manta. Kurohana blinked, then smiled a cat like smile. "Manta-chan!!!!!" She yelled as she choked him to death. "Kya~~! You're just like another Ichigo-chan!!"
"K-Kurohana-san! Kurohana-san! KUROHANA-SAN!!" Kurohana stopped, "Did u just finish that fight?" Kurohana nodded, "So are u in the Shaman Fight?" Kurohana nodded again. Manta smiled, "That's go- OH!! Yoh-kun and Ren are still fighting!!"
"Oh~~. Really? Where?" Manta pointed in the direction and Kurohana sprinted over there.
---+---
As they neared the cemetery, a really, really, REALLY strong Furyoku cleared out the entire cemetery and pushed Kurohana back a bit. "Whoa! Th-That's Ren-chan's!!"
"No way! That's Ren's Furyoku?!" Kurohana ran to the battlefield. She and Manta arrived to see Ren on top, boven of Hakuoh and Bason at his maximum Oversoul. "Ren-chan's preparing for the final attack."
"Yoh-dono! This is bad!!" Amidamaru said, "It'll be a pain to dodge the volgende attack. We don't even have enough power to win it!."
"Eh?" Yoh exclaimed, "The we really are in deep shit."
"Dude! This is getting intense." Kurohana said, eyes stuck onto the match. "This is the most intense fight I've seen so far."
"I shall be the one to win this fight." Ren proclaimed, "The reason I have to win, is something a laidback person like u can ever come to understand!!" Ren charged at him.
"This is it!!!" Kurohana zei as she choked Manta. "The final blow!!"
"Yoh-dono!!" Yoh just looked up and thought, "Hm, I can't block it, and I can't escape either, so..." Yoh prepared himself, "I'll just have to face it."
"B... BAKA!!!" Everyone, including the spirits yelled.
Ren just laughed, "Impossible! That is definitely impossible!! I shall destroy as well then!! Golden Chuuka Zanmai!!!!"
"I'm not forcing myself to do anything." Yoh said, "So, it is not impossible. Watching you, I think I've learned how to put power into my Oversoul. Don't know if I can exactly do it, but it never hurt to try."
"This is awesome. This is awesome. This fight is sooo flippin' awesome!!" Kurohana yelled. "Ren-chan's putting everything he's got into one final attack, and Yoh-chan's putting the rest of his Furyoku into an attack to counter Ren-chan's. This really is the final blow." There was one final explosion. Smoke and debris flew everywhere. Kurohana and Manta were thrown back on their backs from the impact.
The smoke started to clear and Ren and Yoh were at opposite ends, backs facing each other. Kurohana quickly recovered and Manta somehow ended up on her head. "So who won?!" They both yelled.
Both their Furyoku were fading fast. It was up to fate to see who would make it. Kurohana's eyes widened as Ren's Furyoku ran out.
Ren scoffed. "I knew it from the beginning. Since the dag I first met him. I can only destroy things door force, but he is the wind. u cannot cut of destroy wind."
"Pfft." Kurohana spat. "That's so cheesy."
Ren just smirked, not hearing Kurohana's comment. "It makes me feel a bit better when my Furyoku is all gone like this, I feel lighter."
Kurohana broke down laughing, "HAHA!! And when I thought u couldn't get any cheesier!!" Ren shot her an angry stare. "Urusai! Kuro!!!" Both of them calmed themselves as Ren turned to Yoh. "Asakura Yoh, it's mortifying to say, but the winner is you."
"Ch-Chotto Matte, Ren." Yoh turned around, a bit terrified. "My Furyoku ran out as well." Both Hakuoh and Ren fell over. "WHAT WAS THAT?!?!" Ren ran up to him and got into his face. "WHAT DO u MEAN YOUR FURYOKU RAN OUT AS WELL?! THEN WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO THE WINNER IS!!"
"DON'T YELL AT ME! NOW ANNA'S GONNA KICK MY ASS!! HOW CAN u DO THIS TO ME?! u SHOULD'VE BEEN PAYING ATTETNTION INSTEAD OF HAVING YOUR BACK FACING ME AND SAYING ALL THOSE THINGS, HONCHO ASS!!"
"HOW DARE u CALL ME THAT, ASSHOLE!!"
Kurohana giggled. "They fight like an old married couple, ne, Manta-chan?" Manta just smiled and nodded. "Oi! If u two don't back away from each other, one of u might lose your balance and fall on the other!" They both stopped fighting and backed five feet away from each other. "THANKS FOR THE IMAGE!!" They both yelled.
One of the Priests stepped down from a tree. "It ends in a draw."
"Silva!!" Yoh exclaimed.
"A DRAW?!" Ren yelled, "Oi! Kisama!! (Bastard) What do u mean a draw?! How are we suppose to decide who goes onto the preliminaries?!"
-[Kisama is Ren's favoriete word, I guess. ^-^]-
"That is something the Great Spirits will decide. So," All the Priests appeared beside Silva, along with a short one which was presumed to be the leader. "What is the decision, Goldva-sama?"
"I just received the reply. Both Asakura Yoh and Tao Ren make it through to the volgende round."
"Yatta!!" Manta started jumping around.
"Oi! Why are u so happy?!"
"Cause! We all passed through! Isn't that great?!" Kurohana zei as she slung her arms over Ren and Yoh's shoulders. "We all get to go through together!!"
"Who zei I wanted u guys to pass through too?!" Ren yelled.
"Don't be so uptight, Ren. That's not nice to say." Yoh said, rivaling Kurohana's cheerful smile.
"You two are annoying separately, but when you're together it makes me hate u more!"
"That's not nice." Yoh and Kurohana zei at once, Ren let out a groan of anger, "I swear to god."
Goldva coughed, "Now that the final match of this round is over, the opening ceremony will now begin!" And they all arrived at a HUGE building with hundreds of Shamans!
Kurohana looked around, "Huh, we got separated from everyone else." Ren just crossed his arms and paid attention to the priests.
Golva-sama stepped up; "The first rounds of the Shaman Fight will be gegeven to u via your Oracle klok, bell like before. The cruelty of this volgende round will be far worse than that of this vorige round. A month. A maand of preparation and spending time with your family and lovers, because none of u will never be able to turn back and have the life u once had."
---+---
'Never be able to turn back and have the life we once had, eh?' Ren thought as he stared up into the sky. It was lunchtime and he was on the roof, away from everyone else of course. 'There's no turning back now.' His eyes narrowed. 'That means it must be done now.' He sat up and got his lunch out.
"Yo! Ren-chan!" He looked to the side and saw Kurohana in a crouching position on top, boven of the fencing. "What're u doing here, Kuro?" Kurohana just jumped off and landed volgende to him, she got some chopsticks out, "You know I can't cook, and it's lunch time!" As she went for his bento, Ren quickly moved it. "Nope."
"Aw, come on Ren-chan!! I'm hungry!!" Kurohana whined. Ren ignored her and took a bite from his bento. "Nope, you'll just eat the whole thing."
"No I won't!! I Promise!! u wouldn't just let me starve would-"
"Time for class." Ren interrupted. He got up and left. "Ren-chan!! At least give me the leftovers!!" Ren turned around, "Nope." And he left.
Kurohana grew an anime vain, "Tao Ren, prepare to have the worse dag of your life." Kurohana cackled. Mar appeared behind her. "What're u gonna do?"
"Fu Fu Fu. He doesn't want anybody to know he's gotten soft, so, let's just say everyone's gonna get a news bulletin after school." Mar sweatdropped. "I hate when u get like this."
---+---
"Tao-kun!! u wanna walk home pagina with us??" Ren's fan girls asked as they followed closely behind Ren as he attempted to leave school. "Or would u like to go on separate dates?" Ren stopped and turned around. He gave them a cold glare, "Go burn in hell, you're all annoying." He zei and walked off. The girls looked at each other and squealed, "He's so cool!!!"
'When I become Shaman King, the first thing I'm gonna do is kill-'
"Ren~Chan~~!!!" 'Kuro.' Kurohana waved and hopped over to him. "Ya miss me?!" She yelled with a huge smile. "Why are u so abnormally loud today?"
"Hunya? We live together don't we? u should be use to me door now!!" She yelled again.
Ren smirked, "This is payback for not giving u any lunch, isn't it?" Kurohana punched the air, "Damn right!!"
"You're really stupid." Kurohana stuck her tongue out, "Whatever, Oh! Almost forgot, we've gotta go to the brand Inn!!" She zei as she grabbed his arm.
"Why?!"
"Cause, Manta-chan called just a few minuten ago, we're all having a celebration for passing through to the volgende round."
"No we're no- OI!!" Ren yelled as Kurohana sprinted out of there, Ren flying through the air door the arm. 'W-Was she always this strong? Don't tell me, she's been... holding back!!'
As they exited the school yard, all the girls were dumbfounded, though the boys found it quite amusing. "Ne, did she say they were living together?" All the boys gasped, "Do u think Tao got laid?!?!" All the girls went gorilla on their asses and left stomping off.
---+---
"Whoo-Hoo!! Yeah! We all got through!!" Usui Horokeu, also known as Horo Horo, yelled with a glass in his hand. "Onii-chan!" His little sister, Usui Pirika, yelled, "Don't get drunk so early in the day! You'll get in trouble!!"
Everyone just laughed. Yoh turned to Ren, "You know, I'm actually kinda surprised u showed up." Ren scoffed, "I was dragged his door that baka." Ren poitned to Kurohana. "Aw, u know u wanted to come too."
Horo Horo came into the conversation. "Cheer up! u have to atleast be a bit relived to know that u have meer comrades than that puny little girl." Kurohana shot up and got into Horo Horo's face. "You calling me weak, u flimsy snowflake?!" Kurohana yelled, Horo Horo faced her, "Care to prove me wrong, u weak little flower?!" They had lightning going between them.
"N-now calm down u two!" Manta yelled. "Hmph, let them." Ren said, "It's amusing watching two morons fight." Kurohana and Horo Horo shot over to him and yelled in his face. "DON'T COMPARE ME TO HIM!!"
"Yeah!!" Pause. "Uh, what was your name again?"
"Tao Ren, remember it now."
"Okay! Tao Ren! Tao Ren!" Horo Horo got a mischivious grin. He pushed Ren down door his forehead. "Tao Ren!!" (He/She Does Not fall) "You Tao Reru!" (He/She Does Fall) Ren quickly got up and pointed his Bason Tou at his face. "You wanna fight?!"
"Heh! Sounds good to me!" Yoh held Ren back as Manta held onto Horo Horo's leg.
"Now let's enjoy ourselves!" Manta said.
"Besides! I get first dibs on Boro Boro here!"
"IT'S HORO HORO BITCH!!"
"No fighting today~~." Yoh said. "Let go of me, lazy ass!!" Ren said. "Nope!" Ren's spike grew as he spun Yoh around door his legs. "I WASN'T ASKING, I WAS TELLING!!"
"U-Uh, excuse me." Tamamura Tamao zei shyly. Everyone freezed. Yoh being held door his ankles door Ren, Kurohana being choked door Horo Horo, and Manta ontop of Horo Horo's head. "T-The outside Co-ed Onsen is ready."
"ALRIGHT!!"
---+---
"Ah~~. This feels so nice." Kurohana zei as she sank down lower into the onsen. "This is so much better than the onsen in the indoor hotel." Everyone was enjoying the onsen, till a shadow was cast over them. They looked up and saw Horo Horo jumping into the onsen from eight feet in the air! "COMING IN!!!" He made a huge splash that drenched everyone. He surfaced, but Kurohana held his head below water. "Baka! Hot water's not good for my hair!!" The bubbles stopped and Kurohana let Horo Horo's unsoncious, red, body surface.
"Kororo, u can take care of him." Kurohana zei as she attempted to fix her hair. Pirika, Tamao, and Anna were about to get out. "Come, Kurohana. If u try to fix it like that, your hair will just get even worse." Anna said. "Right!" Kurohana scurried out of the onsen and they entered the girl's dressing room only to find Ponchi and Konchi going through their clothes. They slowly turned around and saw Anna, Kurohana, and Pirika with brand in their eyes.
"Tamao, you're about to lose your spirits." Yelling and punches could be heard from the outside as the guys just listened with curiousity. They were on a bench, just staring at the entrance, "Do u think... they actually..." Horo Horo trailed off.
"Knowing Anna-san, probably." Manta zei with a terrified expression on his face. The girls came out in robes, dusting their hands off. "Baka Hentai."
It was kind of weird. All of these people together, in one place at the same time. It felt like meer people came into my life. Slowly, we bagan to understand one another, and eventually became comrades, something I thought would never happen to me. -Kurohana
"So, you're leaving so soon, Ren?" Ren was on Hakuoh, about to depart. Everyone was asleep, but Yoh was there, seeing Ren off. "You're such a party pooper, u can at least stay one night with the rest of us."
"The only reason I came was only because Kuro dragged me here against my will. Plus, I don't have as much free time as you."
Yoh let out a sigh, "Oh I see, you're taking Goldva's advice and heading back to China to spend some time with your family."
"I must bid farewell to my family, to bevestig the goal that I had lost fighting against you, and find out what I'm really fighting for. But there is one thing I know." Ren Turned to face Yoh. "You are the first to come close to beating me, a certain goal that I have, is to defeat u one day. We shall meet again, so make sure u don't get yourself killed till then." Yoh just smiled, "I don't plan on dying anytime soon."
"Oh, and tell Kuro not to die either, I've still got to kill her for putting me through hell the past few months."
"Are u sure u don't want to tell her you're leaving? of that your going back to China for that matter?"
"No, she has no need to know. She'll just start sticking her annoying nose into buissiness that is none of her concern like she always does." Ren turned to leave, Hakuoh slowly galloping to the exit. "Tell her, that we'll meet again someday as well." Were his final words, and he left.
Yoh waited awhile, the sighed, "You're not gonna go after him then?" Kurohana came out with Ichigo-chan in her hand. "Nah, u heard him. It's none of my buissiness and I shouldn't stick my annoying nose into it." Kurohana plopped down volgende to Yoh. "Besides, if he wants to get himself killed door his family, then let him."
"If you're so sure he's gonna get killed, why aren't u going after him?"
"Cause, it's not my place to tamper with fate. If he's to die, he dies."
"That doesn't sound like a true friend. If you're truly friends, comrades, of if u aknowledge each other's existance u sure strive to help one another live as long as u can together, so u can be happy and life can be meer fun. And if fate gets in the way, just shoot it down of something."
Kurohana just blinked, then laughed. "You're really good at that aren't you?" Yoh looked at her confused. "Resolving everyone's outlook in life. I was so dead set on that concept of letting fate decide everything. But in that one conversation, u changed my entire outlook in life, and I think u did the same thing for Ren-chan as well. But there's still one thing I'm standing strong on. If u lose the will to believe, you're screwed."
Yoh just smiled, "So Nantoka Naru."
"to Shinjiteru." (If I believe, everything will work out somehow)
-[Okay! Yoh's favoriete saying it "Daijobu datte, nantoka naru" which means, "Don't worry, it'll work out somehow." Yoh and Kurohana just mixed their two favoriete saying, "Nantoka Naru to Shinjiteru" ]-
---+---
It's been a couple of days since Ren left for China. Kurohana's been staying with Anna and Yoh along with Horo Horo, Kororo, Pirika, and now, Umemiya Ryunosuke and his spirit, Tokageroh. Everyone was in the yard, under Anna's strict training routine, when they all felt something something bad. "Wha-What was that just now?" Kurohana managed out.
"I don't know, but it didn't feel good." Horo Horo said.
"I hope that feeling wasn't." Yoh trailed off.
"There's no way that could've been-"
"Kurohana-sama!! Yoh-sama!!" A voice came. "Th-There's only one spirit that calls me sama"
They all quickly turned and saw Bason, though he was a spirit, u could tell he was very beat up. "I-I beg of you!! Save Bocchama!!!"
.:: End ::.
Nantoka Naru to Shinjiteru
Character Profiles \\Yamagi Hirako & Hikaru Kuresai\\
"WHAT?!" Ren yelled, letting go of the work out equipment and glared at Kurohana. "I'm hungry~~." She whined like a baby.
"How can u be hungry when all you've done is ten push ups?!" Ren yelled. "Just go make yourself something to eat!!"
"But I can't cook!!"
"What woman doesn't know how to cook?!" Kurohana narrowed her eyes at Ren, "Is that a sexist comment, Tao Ren?"
"Are u glaring at me, Kuro?" Kurohana looked away and pouted. Then she got an idea, she stuck out her hand, "Gimme your wallet! I'll go out and get myself something to eat and u can stay here and train."
"Are u crazy?! I wouldn't trust u with my money!" Kurohana smirked, "Then let's go and get something to eat!" She yelled, she grabbed his hand and made a run for the door.
"OI! At least let me get a overhemd, shirt on!!!"
---+---
"Ha~~~. That was good." Kurohana zei as they walked the sidewalks of Tokyo. "It's been awhile since our last warm meal since Ishi left with Jun-san."
Ren scoffed, "It's your fault. As a woman u should know how to cook."
"Would u stop with the sexist crap?!" Kurohana stopped and ran to a window, "Kawaii~~!!!" Ren just looked at her and walked off, but she grabbed his arm and dragged him back. "Oh, Ren-kun~~~. u love me right?"
"When hell freezes over twice, then I'll be able to tolerate you." Kurohana pouted, "Well that's not nice." She pointed to the window, "Do u love me enough to get me that?" She was pointing to a Teddy beer with a bow and a dress with strawberries on it.
"Nope." Ren said, and then walked off. Kurohana zipped passed him and put on a puppy dog pout. "Please Ren-kun? Buy Hana Ichigo-chan." Ren's eye twitched, "You named it already?!" Kurohana nodded vigorously. Ren sighed and Kurohana cheered. "Oi! What're u cheering about? I didn't say yes!"
"But u sighed, which means u gave up, so I'm getting Ichigo-chan!!"
"Fine, but this is the last ichigo I'm getting you!"
-[Just in case 4 u people who don't know. Ichigo means strawberry. Ren's saying he's not gonna buy her anymore strawberries after he gets her Ichigo-chan]-
"Hai~~~!" Kurohana chimed as they walked into the store.
---+---
"Kya~~~. I love u Ren-chan!!" Kurohana zei happily as she cuddled her newly bought, Ichigo-chan. "I don't need your stupid love, I just want your vocal chords taken out and burned." Kurohana was too happy to care about anything he zei at the moment; she just kept hugging her bear, so busy she wasn't watching where she was going and bumped into some thugs. "Oi! Watch where you're going little girl!"
"Gomen~~." She zei happily, and then walked off with Ren. The thugs got mad and snatched Ichigo-chan away from her. "What kind of freak walks around with a teddy beer with-" Kurohana jumped up and kicked him in the face; Ichigo-chan flew out of his hands, and into Kurohana's arms. She had a demonic look and brand right behind her, "Listen!! If any of u touch Ichigo-chan again, you'll never be able to have kids!!!" Her eyes turned red, "GOT IT?!" The thugs scurried off, whimpering like dogs.
"Damn Kuro, didn't know u can be ruthless." Her eyes turned back to deep blue orbs as she turned to face him, "Hunya?" Ren just shook his head and walked back to the hotel.
---+---
"Why~~?!?!" Kurohana whined. "Because, since that brat of a sister of yours isn't here, and Nee-san are in China, they're room's free. So u don't have to sleep in my bed!"
"But I like sleeping with you!! You're nice and warm and sometimes your arm goes over me which keeps me even warmer!!" Kurohana zei with an innocent smile. Ren's eye twitched as he glared at her. -[How does that work?]- "You are the most annoying woman on the face of the planet!!"
"Yeah, but that's why it's a lot of fun being about me!" Kurohana zei with a cute smile. Ren sighed, "You're impossible."
Kurohana cheered. "Mwuaha! Hana won again!"
Ren's head shot up, "Oi! That's just u and your stupid rule of when I sigh, u win!"
"But it's true~~." They continued to argue as, once again, Mar and Bason watched, "I've never seen Bocchama so red from anger."
"And I've never seen Hana so annoying, I can understand why Supaiku is so red. I'd crack under all that annoying jabber."
"FINE!" Ren yelled. Kurohana jumped up and cheered, she glomped Ren much to his discomfort. "GET OFF OF ME u PSYCO WOMAN!!"
---+---
"Damn it! Stop winning already!!" Kurohana yelled. Mar just smirked, "It's not your fault u suck."
"One meer game!! Jan!"
"Ken!"
"Pon!" Kurohana threw down rock and Mar threw down paper. "DAMN IT!!" Mar just laughed triumphantly, "You're cheating somehow!!"
"How can I cheat at Janken?"
"I don't know!! You're psychic!!"
"If I were psychic then I would see the outcome of this, but, u lost to Hao now didn't you?" Kurohana pouted, "You didn't have to remind me of it." She put her hands behind her head and looked up into the evening sky. It was the dag of her final match to try and get into the preliminaries of the Shaman Fight, and her opponent was Yamagi. "Where is he anyways?! It's almost time!"
"Hana-chan~~~~!!!!" A voice came from the trees; rushing footsteps could be heard, as Kurohana was glomped door Yamagi. "MY DELICAT FLOWER!! I'VE FINALLY COME TO-" His face was formally aquatinted with Kurohana's foot. "Yo, Yamagi, took u long enough. I thought you'd be here early to see me."
"Gomen, Hana-chan!! But Hikaru-san made me stay for warm up." Yamagi zei into Kurohana's foot. He slowly slid down to the ground, and looked up. "Oh, nice ang- GAH!" Kurohana stepped over him and walked to the other side of the clearing. "Let's just get this over with." She turned around as Yamagi got up, holding his back. "I must tell u now, Hana-chan. I heard from Hikaru-san that this is your last chance to get into the prelims. Though I'm already in them, I'm only here to see you, and though I undyingly love you." A white duif appeared on his shoulder and he got a gun out, "I'm not holding back an ounce of my Furyoku on you."
"That's what I like to here." Kurohana zei with a smile. "Mar-chan!" Mar appeared volgende to her. "Let's win this one! Spirit Ball Mode!"
"Irakih! Spirit Ball Mode!"
"Hyoi Gattai in, Zenkai/Gun!"
---+---
"GWAAAH!!!" Kurohana yelled as she ran from a bullet. "This is no fair!! You're not even doing anything!!" Yamagi laughed, "That's the beauty of having a bullet that'll follow it's opponent where ever they go."
Kurohana ran towards him and jumped over him. She got behind him and held him door his arms, "Ha! Think twice before u use a weapon like that."
"GAH!! You're crazy!!"
"Yeah, I get that a lot." As the bullet neared Yamagi's face, it came to an abrupt stop. "Whew! Close ca-" He was knocked out as Kurohana dusted off her hands. "He is so simple minded." She bent down volgende to his head, and patted it hard. "You shouldn't let your opponent get behind you! Baka!" His duif spirit can out of his gun and looked down on him. "Don't worry about him, just take core of his body, 'ight?" Irakih nodded. A beep was heard and Kurohana's Oracle klok, bell stated that she moves onto the prelims. "Alright!!"
"K-Kurohana-san?" She looked up and saw Manta. Kurohana blinked, then smiled a cat like smile. "Manta-chan!!!!!" She yelled as she choked him to death. "Kya~~! You're just like another Ichigo-chan!!"
"K-Kurohana-san! Kurohana-san! KUROHANA-SAN!!" Kurohana stopped, "Did u just finish that fight?" Kurohana nodded, "So are u in the Shaman Fight?" Kurohana nodded again. Manta smiled, "That's go- OH!! Yoh-kun and Ren are still fighting!!"
"Oh~~. Really? Where?" Manta pointed in the direction and Kurohana sprinted over there.
---+---
As they neared the cemetery, a really, really, REALLY strong Furyoku cleared out the entire cemetery and pushed Kurohana back a bit. "Whoa! Th-That's Ren-chan's!!"
"No way! That's Ren's Furyoku?!" Kurohana ran to the battlefield. She and Manta arrived to see Ren on top, boven of Hakuoh and Bason at his maximum Oversoul. "Ren-chan's preparing for the final attack."
"Yoh-dono! This is bad!!" Amidamaru said, "It'll be a pain to dodge the volgende attack. We don't even have enough power to win it!."
"Eh?" Yoh exclaimed, "The we really are in deep shit."
"Dude! This is getting intense." Kurohana said, eyes stuck onto the match. "This is the most intense fight I've seen so far."
"I shall be the one to win this fight." Ren proclaimed, "The reason I have to win, is something a laidback person like u can ever come to understand!!" Ren charged at him.
"This is it!!!" Kurohana zei as she choked Manta. "The final blow!!"
"Yoh-dono!!" Yoh just looked up and thought, "Hm, I can't block it, and I can't escape either, so..." Yoh prepared himself, "I'll just have to face it."
"B... BAKA!!!" Everyone, including the spirits yelled.
Ren just laughed, "Impossible! That is definitely impossible!! I shall destroy as well then!! Golden Chuuka Zanmai!!!!"
"I'm not forcing myself to do anything." Yoh said, "So, it is not impossible. Watching you, I think I've learned how to put power into my Oversoul. Don't know if I can exactly do it, but it never hurt to try."
"This is awesome. This is awesome. This fight is sooo flippin' awesome!!" Kurohana yelled. "Ren-chan's putting everything he's got into one final attack, and Yoh-chan's putting the rest of his Furyoku into an attack to counter Ren-chan's. This really is the final blow." There was one final explosion. Smoke and debris flew everywhere. Kurohana and Manta were thrown back on their backs from the impact.
The smoke started to clear and Ren and Yoh were at opposite ends, backs facing each other. Kurohana quickly recovered and Manta somehow ended up on her head. "So who won?!" They both yelled.
Both their Furyoku were fading fast. It was up to fate to see who would make it. Kurohana's eyes widened as Ren's Furyoku ran out.
Ren scoffed. "I knew it from the beginning. Since the dag I first met him. I can only destroy things door force, but he is the wind. u cannot cut of destroy wind."
"Pfft." Kurohana spat. "That's so cheesy."
Ren just smirked, not hearing Kurohana's comment. "It makes me feel a bit better when my Furyoku is all gone like this, I feel lighter."
Kurohana broke down laughing, "HAHA!! And when I thought u couldn't get any cheesier!!" Ren shot her an angry stare. "Urusai! Kuro!!!" Both of them calmed themselves as Ren turned to Yoh. "Asakura Yoh, it's mortifying to say, but the winner is you."
"Ch-Chotto Matte, Ren." Yoh turned around, a bit terrified. "My Furyoku ran out as well." Both Hakuoh and Ren fell over. "WHAT WAS THAT?!?!" Ren ran up to him and got into his face. "WHAT DO u MEAN YOUR FURYOKU RAN OUT AS WELL?! THEN WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO THE WINNER IS!!"
"DON'T YELL AT ME! NOW ANNA'S GONNA KICK MY ASS!! HOW CAN u DO THIS TO ME?! u SHOULD'VE BEEN PAYING ATTETNTION INSTEAD OF HAVING YOUR BACK FACING ME AND SAYING ALL THOSE THINGS, HONCHO ASS!!"
"HOW DARE u CALL ME THAT, ASSHOLE!!"
Kurohana giggled. "They fight like an old married couple, ne, Manta-chan?" Manta just smiled and nodded. "Oi! If u two don't back away from each other, one of u might lose your balance and fall on the other!" They both stopped fighting and backed five feet away from each other. "THANKS FOR THE IMAGE!!" They both yelled.
One of the Priests stepped down from a tree. "It ends in a draw."
"Silva!!" Yoh exclaimed.
"A DRAW?!" Ren yelled, "Oi! Kisama!! (Bastard) What do u mean a draw?! How are we suppose to decide who goes onto the preliminaries?!"
-[Kisama is Ren's favoriete word, I guess. ^-^]-
"That is something the Great Spirits will decide. So," All the Priests appeared beside Silva, along with a short one which was presumed to be the leader. "What is the decision, Goldva-sama?"
"I just received the reply. Both Asakura Yoh and Tao Ren make it through to the volgende round."
"Yatta!!" Manta started jumping around.
"Oi! Why are u so happy?!"
"Cause! We all passed through! Isn't that great?!" Kurohana zei as she slung her arms over Ren and Yoh's shoulders. "We all get to go through together!!"
"Who zei I wanted u guys to pass through too?!" Ren yelled.
"Don't be so uptight, Ren. That's not nice to say." Yoh said, rivaling Kurohana's cheerful smile.
"You two are annoying separately, but when you're together it makes me hate u more!"
"That's not nice." Yoh and Kurohana zei at once, Ren let out a groan of anger, "I swear to god."
Goldva coughed, "Now that the final match of this round is over, the opening ceremony will now begin!" And they all arrived at a HUGE building with hundreds of Shamans!
Kurohana looked around, "Huh, we got separated from everyone else." Ren just crossed his arms and paid attention to the priests.
Golva-sama stepped up; "The first rounds of the Shaman Fight will be gegeven to u via your Oracle klok, bell like before. The cruelty of this volgende round will be far worse than that of this vorige round. A month. A maand of preparation and spending time with your family and lovers, because none of u will never be able to turn back and have the life u once had."
---+---
'Never be able to turn back and have the life we once had, eh?' Ren thought as he stared up into the sky. It was lunchtime and he was on the roof, away from everyone else of course. 'There's no turning back now.' His eyes narrowed. 'That means it must be done now.' He sat up and got his lunch out.
"Yo! Ren-chan!" He looked to the side and saw Kurohana in a crouching position on top, boven of the fencing. "What're u doing here, Kuro?" Kurohana just jumped off and landed volgende to him, she got some chopsticks out, "You know I can't cook, and it's lunch time!" As she went for his bento, Ren quickly moved it. "Nope."
"Aw, come on Ren-chan!! I'm hungry!!" Kurohana whined. Ren ignored her and took a bite from his bento. "Nope, you'll just eat the whole thing."
"No I won't!! I Promise!! u wouldn't just let me starve would-"
"Time for class." Ren interrupted. He got up and left. "Ren-chan!! At least give me the leftovers!!" Ren turned around, "Nope." And he left.
Kurohana grew an anime vain, "Tao Ren, prepare to have the worse dag of your life." Kurohana cackled. Mar appeared behind her. "What're u gonna do?"
"Fu Fu Fu. He doesn't want anybody to know he's gotten soft, so, let's just say everyone's gonna get a news bulletin after school." Mar sweatdropped. "I hate when u get like this."
---+---
"Tao-kun!! u wanna walk home pagina with us??" Ren's fan girls asked as they followed closely behind Ren as he attempted to leave school. "Or would u like to go on separate dates?" Ren stopped and turned around. He gave them a cold glare, "Go burn in hell, you're all annoying." He zei and walked off. The girls looked at each other and squealed, "He's so cool!!!"
'When I become Shaman King, the first thing I'm gonna do is kill-'
"Ren~Chan~~!!!" 'Kuro.' Kurohana waved and hopped over to him. "Ya miss me?!" She yelled with a huge smile. "Why are u so abnormally loud today?"
"Hunya? We live together don't we? u should be use to me door now!!" She yelled again.
Ren smirked, "This is payback for not giving u any lunch, isn't it?" Kurohana punched the air, "Damn right!!"
"You're really stupid." Kurohana stuck her tongue out, "Whatever, Oh! Almost forgot, we've gotta go to the brand Inn!!" She zei as she grabbed his arm.
"Why?!"
"Cause, Manta-chan called just a few minuten ago, we're all having a celebration for passing through to the volgende round."
"No we're no- OI!!" Ren yelled as Kurohana sprinted out of there, Ren flying through the air door the arm. 'W-Was she always this strong? Don't tell me, she's been... holding back!!'
As they exited the school yard, all the girls were dumbfounded, though the boys found it quite amusing. "Ne, did she say they were living together?" All the boys gasped, "Do u think Tao got laid?!?!" All the girls went gorilla on their asses and left stomping off.
---+---
"Whoo-Hoo!! Yeah! We all got through!!" Usui Horokeu, also known as Horo Horo, yelled with a glass in his hand. "Onii-chan!" His little sister, Usui Pirika, yelled, "Don't get drunk so early in the day! You'll get in trouble!!"
Everyone just laughed. Yoh turned to Ren, "You know, I'm actually kinda surprised u showed up." Ren scoffed, "I was dragged his door that baka." Ren poitned to Kurohana. "Aw, u know u wanted to come too."
Horo Horo came into the conversation. "Cheer up! u have to atleast be a bit relived to know that u have meer comrades than that puny little girl." Kurohana shot up and got into Horo Horo's face. "You calling me weak, u flimsy snowflake?!" Kurohana yelled, Horo Horo faced her, "Care to prove me wrong, u weak little flower?!" They had lightning going between them.
"N-now calm down u two!" Manta yelled. "Hmph, let them." Ren said, "It's amusing watching two morons fight." Kurohana and Horo Horo shot over to him and yelled in his face. "DON'T COMPARE ME TO HIM!!"
"Yeah!!" Pause. "Uh, what was your name again?"
"Tao Ren, remember it now."
"Okay! Tao Ren! Tao Ren!" Horo Horo got a mischivious grin. He pushed Ren down door his forehead. "Tao Ren!!" (He/She Does Not fall) "You Tao Reru!" (He/She Does Fall) Ren quickly got up and pointed his Bason Tou at his face. "You wanna fight?!"
"Heh! Sounds good to me!" Yoh held Ren back as Manta held onto Horo Horo's leg.
"Now let's enjoy ourselves!" Manta said.
"Besides! I get first dibs on Boro Boro here!"
"IT'S HORO HORO BITCH!!"
"No fighting today~~." Yoh said. "Let go of me, lazy ass!!" Ren said. "Nope!" Ren's spike grew as he spun Yoh around door his legs. "I WASN'T ASKING, I WAS TELLING!!"
"U-Uh, excuse me." Tamamura Tamao zei shyly. Everyone freezed. Yoh being held door his ankles door Ren, Kurohana being choked door Horo Horo, and Manta ontop of Horo Horo's head. "T-The outside Co-ed Onsen is ready."
"ALRIGHT!!"
---+---
"Ah~~. This feels so nice." Kurohana zei as she sank down lower into the onsen. "This is so much better than the onsen in the indoor hotel." Everyone was enjoying the onsen, till a shadow was cast over them. They looked up and saw Horo Horo jumping into the onsen from eight feet in the air! "COMING IN!!!" He made a huge splash that drenched everyone. He surfaced, but Kurohana held his head below water. "Baka! Hot water's not good for my hair!!" The bubbles stopped and Kurohana let Horo Horo's unsoncious, red, body surface.
"Kororo, u can take care of him." Kurohana zei as she attempted to fix her hair. Pirika, Tamao, and Anna were about to get out. "Come, Kurohana. If u try to fix it like that, your hair will just get even worse." Anna said. "Right!" Kurohana scurried out of the onsen and they entered the girl's dressing room only to find Ponchi and Konchi going through their clothes. They slowly turned around and saw Anna, Kurohana, and Pirika with brand in their eyes.
"Tamao, you're about to lose your spirits." Yelling and punches could be heard from the outside as the guys just listened with curiousity. They were on a bench, just staring at the entrance, "Do u think... they actually..." Horo Horo trailed off.
"Knowing Anna-san, probably." Manta zei with a terrified expression on his face. The girls came out in robes, dusting their hands off. "Baka Hentai."
It was kind of weird. All of these people together, in one place at the same time. It felt like meer people came into my life. Slowly, we bagan to understand one another, and eventually became comrades, something I thought would never happen to me. -Kurohana
"So, you're leaving so soon, Ren?" Ren was on Hakuoh, about to depart. Everyone was asleep, but Yoh was there, seeing Ren off. "You're such a party pooper, u can at least stay one night with the rest of us."
"The only reason I came was only because Kuro dragged me here against my will. Plus, I don't have as much free time as you."
Yoh let out a sigh, "Oh I see, you're taking Goldva's advice and heading back to China to spend some time with your family."
"I must bid farewell to my family, to bevestig the goal that I had lost fighting against you, and find out what I'm really fighting for. But there is one thing I know." Ren Turned to face Yoh. "You are the first to come close to beating me, a certain goal that I have, is to defeat u one day. We shall meet again, so make sure u don't get yourself killed till then." Yoh just smiled, "I don't plan on dying anytime soon."
"Oh, and tell Kuro not to die either, I've still got to kill her for putting me through hell the past few months."
"Are u sure u don't want to tell her you're leaving? of that your going back to China for that matter?"
"No, she has no need to know. She'll just start sticking her annoying nose into buissiness that is none of her concern like she always does." Ren turned to leave, Hakuoh slowly galloping to the exit. "Tell her, that we'll meet again someday as well." Were his final words, and he left.
Yoh waited awhile, the sighed, "You're not gonna go after him then?" Kurohana came out with Ichigo-chan in her hand. "Nah, u heard him. It's none of my buissiness and I shouldn't stick my annoying nose into it." Kurohana plopped down volgende to Yoh. "Besides, if he wants to get himself killed door his family, then let him."
"If you're so sure he's gonna get killed, why aren't u going after him?"
"Cause, it's not my place to tamper with fate. If he's to die, he dies."
"That doesn't sound like a true friend. If you're truly friends, comrades, of if u aknowledge each other's existance u sure strive to help one another live as long as u can together, so u can be happy and life can be meer fun. And if fate gets in the way, just shoot it down of something."
Kurohana just blinked, then laughed. "You're really good at that aren't you?" Yoh looked at her confused. "Resolving everyone's outlook in life. I was so dead set on that concept of letting fate decide everything. But in that one conversation, u changed my entire outlook in life, and I think u did the same thing for Ren-chan as well. But there's still one thing I'm standing strong on. If u lose the will to believe, you're screwed."
Yoh just smiled, "So Nantoka Naru."
"to Shinjiteru." (If I believe, everything will work out somehow)
-[Okay! Yoh's favoriete saying it "Daijobu datte, nantoka naru" which means, "Don't worry, it'll work out somehow." Yoh and Kurohana just mixed their two favoriete saying, "Nantoka Naru to Shinjiteru" ]-
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It's been a couple of days since Ren left for China. Kurohana's been staying with Anna and Yoh along with Horo Horo, Kororo, Pirika, and now, Umemiya Ryunosuke and his spirit, Tokageroh. Everyone was in the yard, under Anna's strict training routine, when they all felt something something bad. "Wha-What was that just now?" Kurohana managed out.
"I don't know, but it didn't feel good." Horo Horo said.
"I hope that feeling wasn't." Yoh trailed off.
"There's no way that could've been-"
"Kurohana-sama!! Yoh-sama!!" A voice came. "Th-There's only one spirit that calls me sama"
They all quickly turned and saw Bason, though he was a spirit, u could tell he was very beat up. "I-I beg of you!! Save Bocchama!!!"
.:: End ::.
Nantoka Naru to Shinjiteru
Character Profiles \\Yamagi Hirako & Hikaru Kuresai\\
