A/N: Hiya people. -cries- ok, sorry for not starting long-awaited chapters of Kingdom Keys, but I currently have writers' block for it. I know it sucks. Buuuut, I had inspiration for this story! I've been currently watching Saiyuki, so I thought I'd start this story.
Love at First Sight? Chapter 1
I sighed as I walked on the road to the next town. The wind picked up for a bit, making my black dress flutter and the ring tied to my black choker move around. I brush back the crimson-black strand of hair that invaded my vision and gripped my small knapsack straps with both my hands.
"Maaaan! This bites! TT-TT why'd they hafta kick me out?! I mean. I didn't hurt anybody! TT-TT damnit… now I'm hungry…." I complain to myself, my cat ears and cat tail drooping. Yeah, that's right, I'm a youkai (demon), so don't you be giving me any crap about it... I mean it! Anyways, I guess I should introduce myself.
Itoe Sakamoto here! (Last name, first name) But you can call me Saki. As you may have gathered, I'm a neko (cat) youkai, so I have cat ears and a cat tail. My usual attire consists of: my black dress, black sandals, butt-length long black hair with crimson tints, crimson eyes, black nail polish, my black choker necklace, and my handy-dandy power limiter mood ring. I usually have my ring tied on my choker and my ears and tail out, but before I enter a town I always put my ring on my right hand thumb. I took my gaze away from the sky for a moment and looked behind me as I heard a distant sound. In the distance, there was a jeep coming toward me.
"Shit. . just what I need…." I mutter to out loud while unhooking my ring from my choker. I quickly put it on my thumb and my cat ears and tail disappeared. Just in time too, cause the jeep roared past me. Then it suddenly stopped a couple of yards ahead of me. I keep walking and soon pass the jeep, but I turn my head when a voice calls out to me.
"Oi! Miss! Do you need a ride somewhere?!"
I turn around completely to look at the man who called me. He was sitting in the drivers' seat and he had black hair. The man next to him was wearing a priest outfit and he had blond hair. There were two men in the back too, though one of them looked like a boy rather than a man. The boy had brown hair and a gold headdress on. The man next to the boy had red hair (blood red) and a blue headband on.
"Um… I just need to get to the next town, sir. Really, it's not that far to walk." I try to reassure the driver,
"Nonsense! It'd take at least two days to get to the next village on foot!" The driver exclaims. After about 5 minutes of useless reassurances, I climb in next to the boy in the back. The driver turns around to face me and smiles.
"I believe introductions are in order. I'm Cho Hakkai. This man here," Hakkai says while pointing to the priest, "is Genjyo Sanzo." He pauses as he watches my curious face, but continues. He points at the red-head next. "This is Sha Gojyo. And lastly," Hakkai points to the boy. "This is Son Goku." I smile at all of them.
"It's nice to meet you all. I'm Itoe Sakamoto, but you can call me Saki." I say as politely as I'm able. Gojyo smirks.
"So, Saki is it? When do your legs open?" he asks while leaning in towards me over Goku. I smirk evilly and perversely back at him while I lean in closer to him.
"Sorry, not anytime soon I'm afraid. You just missed the 'Grand Opening'." I whisper huskily. Gojyo sits back in surprise. The he smiles widely and says, "I like this girl! She's pretty and perverted! -smirks- that's always a plus."
I giggle a bit and look ahead, only to notice Hakkai and Sanzo looking at me funny. "What?" I ask, worried I did something.
"Normally," Sanzo starts with a sigh, "Any girl Gojyo says that to would either A) slap him, or B) jump him right after he said it. You just rejected him by flirting, and that's definitely a first. I agree, Gojyo. I like this girl."
Hakkai shakes his head and turns around. The jeep starts up again and we start moving. As I look out at the scenery, my eyes start to droop. Before I knew it, I fell asleep.
No One's POV
Goku looks at Saki, just about to start a conversation, only to realize that she was fast asleep. Gojyo notices this and he smirks slyly.
"I don't suppose she's comfortable in that position, do you? Here, move her over to me and I'll be her pillow." He says cockily.
"No way!" Goku says in disgust, "You'll just rape her in her sleep, you perverted Kappa (water sprite)!"
Gojyo keeps smirking.
"Well then, why don't you act as her pillow? Since you obviously don't trust me."
Goku frowns for a moment, contemplating on whether or not he should move the young (to them) girl. After a while, Saki shifts in her sleep and groans softly. Sanzo looks back and sighs.
"She's asleep?! Geez, she can sleep when we get there. What if youkai appear?!" He growls, annoyed. Hakkai sweatdrops while he answers.
"Well, that town was a ways away from where we picked Saki up, Sanzo. Maybe she walked the whole way. I'd be very surprised if she wasn't tired."
Sanzo faces forward again and closes his eyes, hoping to get some peace and quiet. Goku looked back at Saki and sighed. She was shifting again and she looked very uncomfortable. Goku carefully lifted her up and sat her down on his lap. Suddenly, without warning, Saki's arms wrapped themselves around Goku's neck, and they weren't letting go any time soon. Saki's head rested on Goku's chest and she didn't look so uncomfortable anymore. Goku blushed a bit as he tried to pry Saki's arms off his neck. They didn't budge at all.
"U-um, guys?!" Goku says in distress. Hakkai stops the jeep and everyone looks at him. Immediately, Gojyo starts cracking up. Sanzo just sighs and turns around. Hakkai sweatdrops again.
"TT-TT she won't let go, Hakkai!" Goku whined while tugging at Saki's arms. Hakkai smiles and pokes Saki's side. She shifts a bit, but finally loosens her arms. Goku sighed in relief as he unhooked her arms from his neck. As Goku shifted Saki into a more manageable position, something unexpected happened. The ring Saki was wearing slipped off her finger and clattered to the floor. At the exact moment, her cat ears and tail popped out. Goku, Hakkai, and Gojyo stared at the sleeping girl in shock.
"S-Sanzo? I think you should see this." Hakkai said. Sanzo sighed irritatedly, but turned around.
"-blink blink- What the hell?!" Sanzo shouted while staring at the neko girl. At the sudden noise, Saki groaned and blinked open her eyes.
Saki's POV
I blink sleepily and look around, only to see Sanzo, Hakkai, and Gojyo staring at me. Huh… Where is Goku? … Meh, oh well.
"Hey guys…" I say sleepily, while rubbing my eyes, "Are we there yet? … What's wrong? -blink blink- why are you staring at me?"
They stayed silent and my tail flicked back and forth… wait a minute… MY TAIL?! My eyes widen in realization and I quickly cover my face with my hands and cower close to my seat in fear. I knew my ears were drooping and I was shaking like a leaf. Would they try to kill me like the villagers? Suddenly, I felt arms wrap around my quivering form.
"Shh… It's ok. We're not gonna hurt you. Right guys? We're not gonna hurt her, right?" I realized that the person saying this was Goku! Huh… Where is he anyway? His voice sounded close… I looked up from my seat to see I was sitting on top of him! I blushed furiously and looked away.
"Aww! Look, Little Miss Neko is blushing. Don't worry Goku, I won't hurt a hair on that pretty little head of hers." Gojyo said bitterly, looking away from me. I quickly move to the side, off of Goku and away from Gojyo. I look at my hands, which I currently have in my lap.
"W-why don't you guys k-kill me? I mean, d-don't you hate y-youkai like m-me?" I ask, sad yet curious at the same time. I look up in time to see everyone either smirking (Gojyo and Sanzo) or smiling (Hakkai and Goku).
"Actually," Hakkai says light-heartedly, "most of this party is made up of youkai."
A/N: Well, that was alot longer in my notebook... -sweatdrops- it was at least 8 pages long... but when i typed it... . barely 3 pages... oh well, please R&R!! review! or so help me, I will unleash a demonized Goku on you!!